Body image self-assessment quiz

I'm sorry but this is a terrible quiz and poorly designed. It is slanted and worded in a way whereby you are likely to feel negative about yourself.

41. Right on the cusp.

I scored a 16 "you live comfortably in your body". Yay.

You have scored 0 points.


SCORE 0-10

Congratulations! You have a good body image and an excellent self-esteem. As a result of this, you are at peace with yourself.

The way you feel about your body has little impact on how you go about your daily life. This is how it should be. Perhaps you are aware of the pressures on people to be a certain shape or size. You see it all around you. Pressures to go on diets, or pressures to go to the gym and achieve a toned-up body. Pressures to look younger than you really are.

You probably feel, correctly, that other things are important in determining how you are to feel about yourself. Be aware however, that people around you may not share similar feelings of self-acceptance. If anything, you will need to guard against being insensitive about how other people feel about the way they think they look, because a healthy body concept has very little to do with the reality of personal appearance, it is more a reflection of how they feel about themselves inside.

In today’s image-conscious society, many people, no matter how successful or attractive they are, have distorted feelings about their size, shape, and appearance which affect their ability to lead a normal life. Take care, therefore, not to tease or make unguarded comments that might hurt the people you care for. And continue to enjoy your life without letting body feelings get in the way.

I'm sorry but this is a terrible quiz and poorly designed. It is slanted and worded in a way whereby you are likely to feel negative about yourself.

then why are there people scoring very low points?

I got 49

Me too.

Sometimes not all the work we need to do is physical.

I'm sorry but this is a terrible quiz and poorly designed. It is slanted and worded in a way whereby you are likely to feel negative about yourself.

totally agree!

i got a 9.

i'm the bomb dot com regardless if i'm overweight, underweight, on the right weight.

I got a 9 also, but I feel pretty much the same way, I rocked the chubby body now I'm wanting to get healthier and I'll really rock a more fit body!! :bigsmile:

I myself and I think that's a good thing

18

You live comfortably in your body - most of the time. However, your body image and, therefore, your self-confidence can from time to time be a little shaky and there is a risk that certain situations could make you anxious on account of the way you feel about your body, size, shape or appearance. There are several aspects to this that you may need to work on in order to reduce this anxiety and make your life more comfortable.

I have a problem in that this quiz goes from Never to Occasionally. I think for a lot of the things that I said Occasionally I would have put Rarely if that were an intermediate level. Just sayin... I was a 22 which I'm pretty ok with.

57. Not so good.

59. Yeaaaah.

I scored a 20.

Scary - 40! But those bad feelings are part of my motivation to slim - I don't want to feel like this any more.

So all the comments from people who've lost weight saying their self esteem and body image have improved are great to see - thanks guys.

You have scored 33 points.


SCORE 30-40

You have a poor body image that is placing major restrictions on your willingness to engage in the day-to-day tasks of everyday life, destroying your ability to have fun, and denting your self-esteem in a very big way. I wonder if you have been aware of this until now - it is so much easier just to avoid doing the things that give us anxiety.

You may not have a perfect body, indeed your body may be very far from perfect, however, your body has become your enemy and you are very self-absorbed. You are probably unaware that your feelings are not an accurate reflection of how you really are or of how other people see you.

We live in a society that places a lot of value on personal appearance and on the responsibility we take upon ourselves to achieve that appearance. You see this on the television and in magazines and in all those messages in the media that tell you to diet and exercise and keep yourself looking young and beautiful.

Most people believe that poor body image makes you feel bad about yourself but the reverse is actually true - a very poor body image is a sign of damaged self-esteem and feelings of deep unworthyness. This may go back a long way in your life and it doesn’t help at all when you feel you have to avoid so many anxiety provoking situations in which you have to confront your body.

But your body is the only one you have for better or worse, and it doesn’t respond well to being beaten into shape by diets or punishing exercise programmes which are only a temporary solution to a damaged sense of self. In the most serious of cases of poor body concept a person will feel bad about themselves if they haven’t exercised or if they have broken an eating rule no matter how small the lapse may be.

Even your perception may be distorted; you have primed yourself to see only people who you feel look better than you, and you hardly notice the vast array of different sizes and shapes which make up our human race.

You need expert help from a psychotherapist or counsellor to restore your relationship with your body and to learn to express this in relaxed, accepting feelings and permissions to do whatever anyone else is doing - no matter how you look. Your body is not just a vessel - it is the temple of your soul, the way you experience love, relationships and all the positive things in life that reach us through our senses.



Sounds about right.