Stop trying to fix your body. It was never broken. (SAY NO TO BODY SHAMING)

Have you ever felt ashamed about your body size? Ever been too hard on yourself for the way you look and tried to do workout to the point of passing out and ever let yourself starve to death? Ever been hurt by someone's comments on your body? Ever felt that you don't deserve the best and good things because you look and dress a certain way?

Well, it's all body-shamers influence and effect on you.

WHAT IS BODY SHAMING?

Body shaming means humiliating someone based on his/her body size and shape. It is a form of bullying which has the potential to leave people with emotional traumas. It is done by our parents, friends, relatives and outsiders, mainly by the media.

Body shaming is not only being done for women but for men of all body size and shape. It is casually done by calling someone too skinny or too fat.

TYPES OF BODY SHAMING:

There are three types of body shaming

Body shaming one's own self by comparing or judging with someone else: For example, comparing our body with actor's/actress's bodies.
Humiliating someone by talking about his/her body shape and size in front of that person.
Humiliating someone for his/her appearance in the absence of that person.

CONSEQUENCES OF BODY SHAMING:

Well, body shaming does more harm than we could ever realise. It leads to

low self-esteem
triggers anger
makes people harm/hurt themselves by cutting, purging, binging
kills their confidence
converts them into socially awkward people
induces other mental disorders
causes body dysmorphic disorder-The affected ones won't be able to stop thinking about their flaws or defects. It makes them feel anxious, embarrassed and ashamed.
blinds them from seeing their worth
makes loving themselves too hard or impossible

IF IT HAS THESE MANY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES, THEN WHY DO WE STILL DO IT?