Mad Life
Whether we think too much or too little of ourselves, we seem to live in a society full of the image obsessed.
Beauty and Weight Loss Specialist, Alicia Hunter, joins the Mad Life panel for this ego-boosting conversation.
Why are we so vain?
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Because insecurities sell. "Create a need and fill it" is pretty much the mantra of marketing. Once you realize how nonsensical that is, it doesn't affect you. It's an issue of self-esteem. And that's why the CM poll results don't surprise me at all.
Andrew brought up a great point, though. You can't "feel important" just because "somebody needs you." That's just sacrificing self-esteem to self-denial.
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Don't have the first clue. -
I don't know.
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Hmmm, IDK
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I agree.
Quoting SlightlyPerfect:
Because insecurities sell. "Create a need and fill it" is pretty much the mantra of marketing. Once you realize how nonsensical that is, it doesn't affect you. It's an issue of self-esteem. And that's why the CM poll results don't surprise me at all.
Andrew brought up a great point, though. You can't "feel important" just because "somebody needs you." That's just sacrificing self-esteem to self-denial.
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Because of media, pretty sells -
Because with our high level of technology anymore, the media is constantly right in our face. -
It's the media's fault.
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I have reached an age where most vanity is gone. When I was younger, I would never think of leaving the house w/o full makeup, dressed to perfection. Now comfort takes precedence over vanity. Maybe wisdom does come with age.
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Because the marketing media has preyed on our natural insecurities and blown them up.