In the digital age, we face information and images that fundamentally shift what we believe to be authentic.
Fear of being average
Roger Covin, Ph.
The problem is that many people only compare upwards[.]"
Researchers first asked women to rate their attractiveness when viewed in a first-person perspective (in a mirror).
Our views of attractiveness are also altered by our location and the preferences of those around us.
These differences can be explained by different local optima for survival and reproduction in the two environments."
Trends also impact what we perceive to be attractive.
It can get to the point where we don’t truly know what we look like anymore."
Damaging beliefs and social pressure reinforce this discrepancy.
This includes the projection of physical insecurities.
We are exposed to these unrealistic images constantly.
Human beings are not comprised only of what we deem to be “unappealing features.”
