Self Image

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Four steps to get a good self image:

1. Self Image:

- It is your sense of who you are and who you want to become, your identity

- Develop a self image that you are happy with, until you do you are susceptible to a lot emotional ups and down reactions

- Not just looks but personality

- Influences of self image:

+ parental expectations

+ beliefs and values

+ friends opinions

+ school experience

+ jobs that you have had

+ people you admire

2. Body Image

- How comfortable or satisfied a person feels about his/her size, shape and appearance

- What you see may be different from what others see

- What you think you see may not be there

- If you're happy, your body image may be fine to you, if you are sad or mad you might feel like there is nothing right about the image

- Ideal body-image clashes with reality. (how would you look if you could make yourself perfect?)

-Influence of Body Image:

+ Parents

+ Peers

+ Press

3. Self Esteem

- Good feelings you have about yourself

- If you can't look the way you are supposed to, you become very vulnerable to self-dpubt and feeling of inadequacy

4. Self Perception

- How you rate yourself, how you think you are coming across to other people

- May not be accurate when you have low self esteem