What Happens When Strangers Get Real About Body Image

Most people would say that they're their own worst critics, listening too closely to that voice in their heads that judges, mocks, and belittles their appearances, bodies, personalities and lifestyles.

But would saying these things aloud to a stranger give you a different perspective on your inner-critic? Here, six people exchange the most painful, critical things they think about their bodies, and try to find ways to be kinder to themselves.

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[OOoKarmaoOO]

For a second I thought that they were roasting each other

[EmpireWrestling]

My insecurities are so toxic that I believe that when someone says something like “everyone is beautiful” “you are beautiful” it’s complete and utter bullshit and they’re lying to make me feel better.

[pihdbtf]

The girl with braces, who couldn't even look at the person she spoke too.
I feel that man.
I coild never EVER tell the things i tell myself to someone else.
Noone deserves that

[Onlyabbymm]

This puts in perspective how critical we are on yourselves 😰

[alexiajolie]

I started crying when the darkskin girl started talking because I used to feel the same way about myself. Society teaches us to hate ourselves at such a young age and that European features are the epitome of beauty. There’s a divide within the black community between darkskins, lightskins and brownskins. Lightskins are praised the most because they are the closest thing to the Eurocentric standard of beauty. I think it’s fucking stupid and sad because at the end of the day we’re all black and we need to stick together. I’m thankful that I was able to see through that. And I’m so sorry that she can’t.

[nickolinaamerica]

The dark skin girl I was really tearing up she is gorgeous

[kilaa]

made me cry, i had been struggling with accepting myself for 5 years that now i am comfortable with myself but sometimes those bad thoughts come back to me

[zephyrr]

I'm definitely the hardest on myself.

[aleeyahlewis]

you know your insecure when you can barely look at yourself in the mirror ..😬

[shaboohshoobah]

It was fantastic to have men involved in this too. It honestly shocked me to see them criticise themselves the way us women do too.

[ZeeHeezy]

Moral of the story: Always be kind to one another.... You never know what battles people are fighting in their own heads. No matter how we come off as a person.... At the end of the day.... When we lay in our beds alone in the We think about the things we do.... We force ourselves to think were not good enough.... & how we can be better... Some people use that as Motivation... Others use it as an excuse to feel sorry for themselves & give up. We are our Own Best & Worst critics.

Interesting little video.

Love you all.

[mariavalentine]

I cried when i heard the younger girls

[adrianvillanueva]

"That stomach... Absolutely disgusting." Omg. SAME.

[TFNL]

Thank you guys for doing this. This is a topic that deserves a lot more attention and I’m honoured that I could’ve been a part of this video. The filming inspired us to open up about some of the issues we’ve faced when battling body dysmorphia in our most recent video! Thanks again for this - Alex

[irisaxs]

Am i the only one who started crying-bless them all❤️

[waydeadu]

I once had someone tell me, “you’d look so good with makeup.” That still messes me up today and I’m always super insecure about not wearing makeup

[ColossalRay]

Oh man, they only said like 3 things each. I'd have been ranting for about 4 hours if I had to express all the nasty shit I think about myself.

[elizabetha]

I have really low self-esteem and can't stand pictures or mirrors ever, I don't take the best care of myself cuz I never feel well enough to. All of these people look like they take really good care of themselves. What they had to say about themselves; couple of things surprised me. You will only ever have one of you, and it is all you're guaranteed to have. Love yourself.

[mishaeljohnson]

when Ade starting talking, I honestly felt every single word that she said especially the “no one will love you” part. As another darkskin individual it’s tough going on with your day when you put yourself down because of society’s perspective.

[Lemon-gdwe]

The girl with the braces I immediately started crying when she started talking it broke my heart.