Everything on TV is designed to manipulate you, make you unhappy, or make you insecure.
Every character on TV looks good. Not just good, they look unrealistically good. Usually “unrealistic standard” is a complaint women make, but as a matter of fact – all of the people on TV look unrealistically good.
I say unrealistic because it’s actually not real. These people wear tons of make up and have the benefit of a crew of professionals editing the photos and videos to make them look as appealing as possible. They have trained hair stylists and plastic surgeons that make them look insanely symmetrical and perfect and flawless while still appearing “natural”.
You only see the the people on the right when you’re on TV, and you naturally compare yourself to them. It’s a semi-subconscious thing. Humans are creatures that compare. When you see someone, you naturally compare yourselves to them. When I see someone that looks great, I compare myself to them. It’s how humans are naturally wired. It’s how we find our position in the pecking order.
The problem here is that you’re comparing yourself to someone that does not exist.
It’s not real.
It’s a facade and an illusion.
You are comparing yourself to an illusion.
I’m doing it.
Your girlfriend/wife does it.
All of your male friends do it.
All of your female friends do it.
Hell, women do the comparison even more deeply than men.
I get it.
These people are in the business of looking good. It’s their career to be hot and eye-catchy, and their industry will use every bit of help possible to make it happen.
But for your reptilian brain, it’s simply another person to compare yourself with and subconsciously figure out it’s “rank”. The reptile brain does not understand the difference between the illusion and the real.
