Could You Live Without Watching For You? A Woman Swears Off Mirrors Year
Gruys Kjerstin not look at his reflection in a full year (even before marriage!)-All for the pleasure of having a better understanding of the body.
Most brides become obsessed with every detail of that great day and racks of clothing cleaners ideal, but a doctoral candidate Gruys Kjerstin prenuptial challenge took a unique proportions. Teaching colleagues in the Department of Sociology, UCLA gave up looking in the mirror of one year six months prior to her marriage.
The audacious idea took root when Gruys read from Sarah Dunant, "The Birth of Venus", where an order of nuns swear off the sight of human flesh, including research on their own body. Feeling the pressure already constant for a perfect look enhanced by the wedding planning, Gruys "so-called" struggle with poor body image "is his surprising if one year without mirrors could lead to greater self-acceptance and appreciation of his body.
"I chose my wedding dress before the start of the project. Looking in the mirror for hours and feel critical of myself was one of the main motivations of [the project], "says Gruys YouBeauty. "I want my marriage to my partner, Michael and I and our loved ones, if I dropped 10 pounds to slip into my dress."
(Incidentally, the young PhD student at UCLA includes a dissertation, which examines the standard size of clothing for the U.S. fashion industry, particularly suitable for, word games, and the introspective theme.)
Gruys are retracing their meetings and the daily challenges of living a life without a mirror on his blog, Mirror, mirror on the wall. Some might be surprised that the experience is not a total strike against the vanity, in fact, the details Gruys self-tanner and mascara for adventure without the benefit of a mirror, even in the face of criticism say it should go all or nothing.
"Even if some of my readers have criticized this I decided to make-up in the course of this project, I decided that wearing a moisturizer at least tone, blush, mascara, and sometimes a neutral cream eyeshadow, it was important for me professionally "says Gruys, which has prepared for the blind make-up application exercises in advance, who honed his sense of touch.
The idea is even more difficult, as recent studies have linked the average time a woman looks in the mirror more than 70 times in one day. According to Renee Engeln-Maddox, Ph.D., professor of psychology and body image specialist at Northwestern University, we are constantly checking in the mirror, can be bad for our mental health.
"What you see in the mirror is what other people see it from an outside perspective. When you look in the mirror, to increase their tendency to consider yourself an outsider could," said Engeln-Maddox. "A lot of research has shown that satisfaction decreases your body and your sangria cognitive resources, which means your brain, which has limited resources, is less able to think of something else."
Some even take the extreme in the mirror there is a clinical diagnosis of it. Known as body dysmorphic disorder, a central element of a mental disorder are obsessed by the desire to look in the mirror, sometimes literally hours at a time. "If you look in the mirror will make you chronically late or lead you to start picking the skin, can be a sign of concern," says Engeln-Maddox. "Make sure your hair combed and makeup should be, then step. The mirror does not give additional information about a longer look at this."
"I chose my wedding dress before the start of the project. Looking in the mirror for hours and feel critical of myself was one of the main motivations of [the project], "says Gruys YouBeauty. "I want my marriage to my partner, Michael and I and our loved ones, if I dropped 10 pounds to slip into my dress."
(Incidentally, the young PhD student at UCLA includes a dissertation, which examines the standard size of clothing for the U.S. fashion industry, particularly suitable for, word games, and the introspective theme.)
Gruys are retracing their meetings and the daily challenges of living a life without a mirror on his blog, Mirror, mirror on the wall. Some might be surprised that the experience is not a total strike against the vanity, in fact, the details Gruys self-tanner and mascara for adventure without the benefit of a mirror, even in the face of criticism say it should go all or nothing.
The idea is even more difficult, as recent studies have linked the average time a woman looks in the mirror more than 70 times in one day. According to Renee Engeln-Maddox, Ph.D., professor of psychology and body image specialist at Northwestern University, we are constantly checking in the mirror, can be bad for our mental health.
"What you see in the mirror is what other people see it from an outside perspective. When you look in the mirror, to increase their tendency to consider yourself an outsider could," said Engeln-Maddox. "A lot of research has shown that satisfaction decreases your body and your sangria cognitive resources, which means your brain, which has limited resources, is less able to think of something else."
Some even take the extreme in the mirror there is a clinical diagnosis of it. Known as body dysmorphic disorder, a central element of a mental disorder are obsessed by the desire to look in the mirror, sometimes literally hours at a time. "If you look in the mirror will make you chronically late or lead you to start picking the skin, can be a sign of concern," says Engeln-Maddox. "Make sure your hair combed and makeup should be, then step. The mirror does not give additional information about a longer look at this."
But there is a day when it seems natural to keep a mirror nearby, at any time, and Gruys admits her marriage will be a particularly difficult challenge, but not necessarily for the reasons you think.
"I have had many women tell me they look in the mirror as a bride is important, not only in terms of vanity. I'm afraid I might miss something," says Gruys. "But I also remember that these minutes in front of a mirror are just a few minutes he could spend with family, like my grandparents. "
"I have had many women tell me they look in the mirror as a bride is important, not only in terms of vanity. I'm afraid I might miss something," says Gruys. "But I also remember that these minutes in front of a mirror are just a few minutes he could spend with family, like my grandparents. "
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