This is a personal essay written by Laura Gee Writing about self-image is hard. I thought this would be much easier given that I know this subject all too well, but self-image is a concept that is more complex than it may seem. Self-image differs from person to person and includes different ideals. For me, self-image is more than just how I perceive myself.
In my mind, it encompasses all beauty, health, and fashion standards to the smallest details and revolves around perfection. Self-image’s focus is never based off of me, but the world around me. Everyone’s understanding of self-image is a bit different from one another’s, but we are all connected in the same matter, social media. With Twitter and Instagram and Tumblr and Snapchat we make ourselves susceptible to believing we aren’t as funny, as thoughtful, as beautiful, as skinny, as “insert quality” as others. I can scroll endlessly through Instagram’s search page and see beautiful person after beautiful person. I can go on Snapchat and view tiny models wearing clothing I will …
