Hi, Hypno-Friends!
There’s an expression: the camera doesn’t lie. I maintain that, yes, it does! I found this video being shared on the internet the other day. It shows a model’s before and after pic. Before, how she really looks in her photo shoot, and after photoshop digital manipulation of the image.
This video from 2012 has recently gone “viral” as they say, with millions of new views. A mom showed it to her daughter to make her aware that the glamour and fashion industry’s images we are bombarded with daily are not REAL bodies. And she shared it on the internet.
Wow. Longer hair, mouth enlarged, eyes enlarged, legs, arms, neck lengthened, sizes removed, butt contoured, skin color changed…I guess the photo-shopper found NOTHING attractive about this woman to begin with?
This is part of the battle we face in weight management hypnotherapy work as well. So many women come in my door toting a sense of “not good enough” and a very negative self image and inner barrage of negative self talk. This originates from a skewed view of what is “beautiful” and “normal” based on, well… lies. Images such as this create an impossible unattainable “perfection” that no human body can meet.
Part of the client weight loss work I do deals with the nitty gritty of portions, food choice, emotional eating, motivation to exercise and so on. An equally important item that needs addressing is self image, and the release of crazy unrealistic inadequacies that may have been implanted by the fashion industry.
I invite you to take a look at this video and ask yourself a question. Which woman do you find more appealing? More normal? The real woman, or the digital creation? I opt for the real woman.
Warm Regards,
Connie