I once when I was still a student, participated in a research about body image (but didnt know it was about that untill after I finished).
One picture was made of my total me. The researcher put it in the computer which made versions of the original picture, versions of me looking thinner or 'fatter'. I was asked to pick the picture of which I thought matched me best.
I chose the versions in which I looked 'fatter' than I really am.
Goes to show I have different perception of my body than the one I really have.
I have Normal weight (5"8 and 130 pounds) and am slender.
I was very surprised to find out that my perceptions of me, which I held to be true, were false. Also glad about it.
Makes one think about the truth of and importance we place on our own perceptions of ourselves. Mostly we are flat wrong.
One picture was made of my total me. The researcher put it in the computer which made versions of the original picture, versions of me looking thinner or 'fatter'. I was asked to pick the picture of which I thought matched me best.
I chose the versions in which I looked 'fatter' than I really am.
Goes to show I have different perception of my body than the one I really have.
I have Normal weight (5"8 and 130 pounds) and am slender.
I was very surprised to find out that my perceptions of me, which I held to be true, were false. Also glad about it.
Makes one think about the truth of and importance we place on our own perceptions of ourselves. Mostly we are flat wrong.
