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The mirror syndrome, a modern evil

The mirror syndrome is an idea that attempts to transmit numerous psychologists and psychiatrists about a very common behavior today.People, society and almost all the scenarios that surround us , are inhabited by hundreds of mirrors; Think about it for a moment...

Mirrors in clothing stores, in shops, in work centers...Televisions are mirrors to reflect on, just like magazines and numerous publications that we receive in our social networks.People observe and try to reflect in these media.At the moment when we take "self-awareness" through these mirrors, the problem appears on numerous occasions.The drama.

Am I the one who reflects the mirror? Is it true that I have so many defects? Why are the images that I see around me so ideal and I so imperfect? It is here that what many begin to call "the mirror syndrome" arises.A clear distortion between what we see and what we are.Between what is in the mirror and what my brain actually sees.

The importance of maintaining a good relationship with the one that is reflected in our mirror

The one that is reflected in the mirror is you and nobody else.You with your beauty and your little ones imperfections that essentially make you unique.Now, today our society stands on an excessive value towards the concept of image, to the point that they assail us day after day in a world to base of mirrors in which to reflect: advertising and its perfect models, magazines and those bodies retouched with Photoshop , the cinema and those actors sculpted based on gym hours and aesthetic operations...How deny it?

The mirror syndrome is affecting a large part of our population and especially the younger ones.They say that it is after 2 years when people become aware that this person who is reflected in the mirror, is us.Little by little, we will expand scenarios, we will look at others, and later, in society itself.

The mirror syndrome, a modern evil

At what time could we say that we started having a problem associated with this idea? When should we be aware that we have the features that define the so-called "mirror syndrome"? Take note:

  • Obsession with our physical image, so that we spend hours and hours in front of the mirror without feeling ever satisfied with what we see.of hair, those clothes that do not fall as they should, that gut that bulges too much...
  • We start being late to work, classes or our appointments because we stop too much in that personal care and in seeing that it reflects our mirror.
  • The obsession to see ourselves well before the mirror can give rise to more serious problems: anorexia, bulimia or even vigorexia, an excessive obsession to stay in shape that reaches extremes and unhealthy.
  • The real problem related to ´ »mirror syndrome», comes at that moment when a clear distortion arises between what we see before the mirror and what we really are.We can see ourselves with flaccid skin, with several kilo What's more, when in fact, our figure is the clear example of an anorexic and sick body.

The mirror syndrome, a modern evil

It is always interesting to consider this series of ideas, reflections on phenomena that we can see every day between our society, and even in ourselves.If you have been interested in this article, also discover what liquid loves are.

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