There are times in everybody’s life when they look in the mirror and feel utter despair. It might be that they are aging, that they are still being plagued by teenage acne, that they absolutely hate the size of their thighs, or really any number of other things.

Let’s face it, in today’s body obsessed society nobody is satisfied with anything short of perfection. However, even with the best will in the world, nobody is ever going to achieve this state of being. Even the most beautiful supermodel or celebrity in the world will undoubtedly have their hang-ups.

Therefore, as societies’ standards of beauty are so unattainable, perhaps it is time to consider the true essence of beauty, which doesn’t rely on punishing beauty treatments, cosmetic procedures or masks of makeup. Perhaps it is time to consider that beauty really does come from within.

 

A far more common cause is lack of reassurance and positive feedback from authority figures and peers that a person is close to and it could be society pushing us at models and celebrities and pictures of people that society thinks are beautiful. That creates the idea that we are supposed to be as beautiful and perfect as they are. That someone if we are like the people we see in magazines and on TV that we will be happier. When we fall short of these expectations that we set for ourselves we tend to think poorly of ourselves.

It could also be the company we keep. If you are with a guy/girl who keeps putting you down for who you are, pretty soon you might start to believe it

Parents who have nothing positive to say to their children while young or as young adults, they go through life looking for praise in all the wrong places