Low self-esteem can become a long-term problem. Thus, it can cause adverse effects on mental health and daily life.
This feeling can come alive in childhood. Whether through teachers, friends, siblings, parents or the media, all send us positive and negative messages about ourselves. According to some psychologists, this notion is different from self-confidence. It is related to capacities, more than to values.
Social pressure with serious consequences
the dove self-esteem project has been fighting for years against the low self-esteem of young people around the world. It aims to arm them against unrealistic beauty ideals, particularly accentuated by social media filters.
In order to assess their impact on young Belgians, the Dove self-esteem project conducted a survey last April among children aged 10 to 15. At age 10, 3 out of 4 girls like their reflection in the mirror, while at the age of 13, this figure increases to 1 out of 3 girls.
Between the ages of 13 and 15, 1 in 3 girls is ashamed of her appearance and 63% of those who spend more than 2 hours on social networks find themselves uglier than the others. Among those who use filters, the proportion of confident girls who have good self-esteem is only 1 in 4.
With this increased exposure to screens and unrealistic ideals of beauty, the pressure is at its peak.
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