Self Negative Image

Negative self- image in young people is a growing topic, in today’s society.

It’s hard to tell when a young person is having self-image peoples. Most teenager/ young adult will hide it from their friends and family. Self-image problems are basically self-esteem problems. In this paper I will be focusing on the main questions everyone wants answered: What caused these issues, how did they start, are the parents involved, and if social media had an influence?

​Self-Image Problems

​Self- image problems are a huge problem in today’s society. But what really is self- image? According to Wikipedia Self- Image is: “ is the mental picture, generally of a kind that is quite resistant to change, that depicts not only details that are potentially available to objective investigation by others (height, weight, hair color, etc.), but also items that have been learned by that person about themselves, either from personal experiences or by internalizing the judgments of others”

There are many different types of self-image: how others see the individual, how someone views themselves, how an individual perceives others to see them, and how the individual actually perceives themselves.

But the most common type of self-image problem is how others view an individual, society these days has formed people, and mostly young people to believe that others opinion matter more than their own. Doves “ Dove Self-Esteem Project” (DESP) did a study and 49%, nearly half revealed that girls from ages 11-14 refused to take part in after school activates that will in some way “ show off their body’s” in any way.

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The study was based in the UK, USA, China, and Venezuela. The article states that girls from age 11-24 years old worry the most about self-body image and how others view them. In 2006 self- image was ranked third, behind drugs and alcohol, and family conflicts in related worries according to Dove.

Signs of Low Self-Esteem

There are signs that teenagers, and young adults show that most friends and family don’t pick up on, or realized. One of the signs are “ Not making eye contact when talking” it is said that teens who think they’re not worth much, do not make eye contact with others when speaking.

Another sign is “ Walking with their head down” Teens who walk with their head down do not want to make eye contact with others, so they will not have to talk to people, and so if they think that someone is talking about them they won’t see it. There are many more signs that are said to be signs of low self- esteem, but the one that made the most since to me was “ avoids social situations” which is such a major sign that parents mainly don’t pick up on. There are a lot of reasons’ why people believe that teens avoid social gatherings or parties. But it is said that teens that have self-image problems feel like they cause problems, and get things wrong all the time. So, these teens feel like if they were to go somewhere in public like to a party or somewhere social, that they would do something wrong or mess up something which would therefore attract attention to them and embraces them. When in reality they would rather just stay at home and feel invisible.

​So that comes another question, are the parents to blame? It’s hard to put blame on someone for someone else’s actions. But parents are completely not to blame. In my opinion parents should pick up on the actions of their teenager. In Doves article it says that most girls want to talk to their mother when it came to low self- esteem. In my opinion I believe its equal parents, and teenager/ young adult’s responsibility to ask or inform the other if they’re feeling a certain way. The parent cant possibly know if the teenager doesn’t inform him/ her. Although the teenager should feel comfortable enough to let the parent know . But also the parent should pick up on the signs, and ask the teen if they need to talk, or have something that is bothering him/her.