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Psy/115 Assignment 3.2

Satisfactory Essays

Columba Perez Suazo
PSYC 115 Homework 3

1. How do you feel towards your body currently, on a scale of 1-10, with 1 feeling very negatively towards your body, 5 being neutral, and 10 feeling very positive about your body? Explain your numerical answer in a few sentences.
Answer: On a scale of 1-10, I currently feel like a 5 about my body. I feel like a 5 since I’m not necessarily satisfied about my current body but, I also do not feel miserable towards my body. I just feel stuck in the middle since I know that there is improvement that I could do towards my body for my own happiness and health. I also feel neutral because I know that my current weight is not how I want my body to look like but, the weight is something I am currently working …show more content…

I am a huge contribution on why I feel like a 5 because I lack confidence in the way I look. I just do not feel fully content about my body because I know I can look better for myself and most importantly because I want to be healthier. My family also influences why I feel neutral since, they constantly ask me if I have gone to the gym recently and they would really like to see me skinnier. I pay close attention to and value what my family thinks about my body and they obviously think that I could be less heavy so it influences me to feel like I must lose weight as well. The third influence that contributes to my feelings towards my body is the media. As much as I would want to say that I could care less what the media says, I unfortunately cannot. Seeing the media constantly emphasize and stress what a beautiful woman should look like lowers my confidence and alters how I feel about my body. Lastly, health standards are also a major influence on how I feel about my body because according to their standards which I extremely pay attention to I am obese. Being categorized as obese from my doctor effects the way I feel about my

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