10% of girls worry that they don’t look good enough.
10%的女生担心自己不够漂亮。
Do you love everything about the way you look? If your immediate answer is no, you’re hardly alone.
你喜欢自己的外表吗？如果你直接给出否定的答案，那么你并不是少数孤立派哦。
You’re surrounded by seemingly perfect-looking girls on TV shows, in movies, and in advertisements for clothes and products.
你周围充斥各种电视节目、电影、服装和产品广告，里面尽是面容姣好的女生。
At school, you’re super aware of those girls who seem to have skipped any sign of an awkward stage (not fair!).
在学校，随处可见因长得漂亮而能轻松化解一切尴尬的女生（这不公平！）。
To top it off, your body is going through changes that you can’t control, just when you feel like you’re in the middle of a perfect storm of pressure to look a certain way.
更糟的是，周遭好看的女生造成强大的压力，令你身处完美风暴的中心，你的身体也正在不由自主地经历一些变化。
It’s no wonder so many girls end up staring in their mirrors, studying every aspect of their looks...
也难怪有这么多女孩成天盯着镜子，研究脸上的所有细节。
How we feel about our looks is called our body image—it’s part of our overall self-esteem (how we feel about ourselves in general).
我们如何看待自己的容貌被称做自我形象，这种自我形象构成全部自尊（对自我的整体感觉）的一部分。
Self-esteem is important. Why? Because feeling good about yourself can affect how you act.
自尊很重要，为什么呢？因为良好的自我感觉会对行为产生影响。
A girl who has high self-esteem will make friends easily, be more in control of her behavior, and enjoy life more.
具有高自尊的女生容易结交朋友，能较好地约束自我行为，也能更好地享受生活。
When we asked girls what they were most insecure about, most mentioned their physical appearance.
女生在被问及对什么最不自信时，大多数人都会提到外貌。
A few wrote things like “I’m too shy” or “I can’t sing,” but the overwhelming majority listed a physical feature.
少数人提到“过于害羞”或“不会唱歌”，但绝大多数人都提到了外貌特征这一条。
“I feel like I’m fat.” “I’m way too skinny.” “I’m too tall.” “I’m too short.” “I hate my nose, my skin, my hair, my flat chest...!”
“太胖”“太瘦”“个子太高”“个子太矮”“我对鼻子、皮肤、头发、平胸……统统不满意！”等等赫然在列。
All the negative body talk was enough to make anyone feel down.
所有这些关乎身体的消极言论都足够令人失落消沉。
But there’s good news, too. You don’t have to live with a bad body image—and the sooner you work on changing your thinking and loving yourself, the happier you’ll be!
但好消息来了。你不必忍受糟糕的自我形象了—— 以上想法改变越快，爱自己越早，你就会越快乐！
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