Even though this video seems to be about Photoshop and all the wonders it can do what the message is really about is the false images we have become conditioned to chase. This becomes like early man climbing mountains to grasp at the moon. We are addicted to unrealistic enhanced photos of stars which in turn has people buying products. The bigger the star the higher the price point and turns to a greater addiction and disappointment. This is a never ending circle of consumerism trying to attain the impossible which leads to a feeling of never being good enough.

The media is well aware of the effect this has on consumers and milks it for everything they have to sell. These images of false perfection whittle away at teenagers self esteem as they begin to doubt their own bodies. Girls feeling their legs or too big or arms are flabby and hips oversized. Combine this with our massive nutritional damage done by fast food and processed stuff that is disguised as food and you have people who are heavier more out of shape than their parents. So through lots of advertising of god’s and goddess like figures and we have a recipe for dissaster.

As stated in the video we are out of control with our poor self image and trying to attain the impossible leads to more loss of control. Over 99 percent of the images in a given magazine are adjusted to present this beautiful person and when we happen to see them in an interview we don’t connect the dots of the magazine ads and this average attractive person sitting on a Oprah Winfrey show. Like Hello your being tricked so wake up!!!.

Filed under: Addiction Self Esteem

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