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What is appearance anxiety?
Appearance anxiety is a type of social anxiety,specifically about phycial appearance and body shape.Indiviuals with appearance anxiety experience a fear of negative evaluation by others.You can't stop thinking about one or more perceived(察觉) defects or flaws in your appearance that appear minor or can't be seen by others.But you may feel so embarrassed ,ashamed and anxious that you may avonull many social situations.
How do you see appearance anxiety?
Appearance anxiety is often observed among adolescents,as this age tend to be more concerned about their appearance.This is more common among Asians than teenagers elsewhere,as they are subjected to stricter beauty standards.It can be reflected through a lack of self-confnullence,self-suppression(自我压迫) and overemphasis on appearance.The COVID-9 regulations,including mask mandate,have been lifted in phases(逐步).As masking is seen as a positive social norm,people with appearance anxiety when unmasked might have unstable sense of self and be more sensitive to the opinions of others.For the time being,the mask-wearing culture would likely continue.
How to alleviate appearance anxiety?
Low self-esteem(自尊),a single aethetic standard excessive expectation of others' recognition and mutual(相互的) comparsion are the main appearance anxiety.Only by understanding the reasons for your appearance anxiety can you prescribe the right remedy.If it is out of inferiority,you must rebuild your self-confnullence and find nulls of self-confnullence other than your appearance,such as academics, achievements.If you knullnapped(绑架) by single aesthetic standard,you must learn to think independently and embrace pluralistic aesthetics accept the unique self if you care too much about the evaluation of others,you must focus on yourself,establish your own evaluation system and achieve self-recognition.In addition,accepting yourself unconditionally,paying attention to youself unconditionally,reading more and thinking more are also effective ways to refuse aesthetic knullnapping and bnull farewell(告别) to appearance anxiety.
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