Body Image Pressure Is Crushing Your Self-Worth

Body image issues today are brutal because you aren’t comparing yourself to real people — you’re comparing yourself to edited versions of people. Filters, angles, lighting, Photoshop — they create bodies that don’t even exist in real life.

This constant comparison makes you feel like your body needs to be “fixed,” even though your body is already doing the most incredible thing: keeping you alive every day. The pressure comes from unrealistic standards, not from who you truly are.

Your body isn’t the problem. The lens through which you’re viewing it is. No amount of dieting, gym, or reshaping will satisfy a mind that believes it’s unworthy. Real confidence doesn’t come from perfection — it comes from acceptance.

You don’t need to look like anyone else to be attractive, lovable, or worthy. Beauty is not a competition; it’s expression. And your expression is unique.

Your body is a home, not a project. Treat it with kindness.