We are in control of how we look and how we can people to perceive us; or are we? As children, we were told that we were in control of how people see us and we make the image that we want people to see; This isn’t always the case for some of us. It is said that the judgements you make about yourself are solely based on you. In today’s generation, this is not the case; social construction and how people see you physically is what your own judgements are based because sadly we care more about how people think of us than how we think of ourselves. Thus, making one act positively or negatively on these perceived judgements. Social constructivism is controlled with people that have power and starts as early as the first day of school, and it never ends no matter what you do it will always be there. For kids like myself that went through many levels how obesity and negatively judgemental words from the surrounding environment, it was hard not to judge myself based on what others thought of me.
Being judged by others began very early in my childhood. I had always been the biggest kid in the school yard, everywhere I go people pointing and starring, me knowing exactly what they were pointing and starring at; the 200 pound 7-year-old walking was me. My body was a prison and I was strapped trying to get out in any way possible. As it is said “first impressions are important” but for me I hated them because I knew how my first impressions would be perceived by others; physically.
Being judged by others began very early in my childhood. I had always been the biggest kid in the school yard, everywhere I go people pointing and starring, me knowing exactly what they were pointing and starring at; the 200 pound 7-year-old walking was me. My body was a prison and I was strapped trying to get out in any way possible. As it is said “first impressions are important” but for me I hated them because I knew how my first impressions would be perceived by others; physically.