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The Causes of Body Dysmorphia | Senada Greca

10 Jan 2025 · 0 min

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In this brief interview segment, Lewis AI asks Senanda Greca about the primary drivers of body dysmorphia. Senanda explains that the condition typically stems from a combination of factors: societal pressures and the pervasive comparison to unrealistic beauty standards, emotional trauma and hyper‑criticism from parents or peers, and personal challenges such as relocating to a new country and trying to fit into a different culture. She emphasizes that these influences are especially potent during formative years, when individuals seek control over aspects of their lives they can manage.

What do you think is the main cause of body dysmorphia for most people? Is it an emotional trauma? Is it a hyper criticism they get from parents or peers? Is it a pressure from seeing marketing in society?
So I think it's a combination of all those things. I think there is the societal pressures that weigh on young people that are in their formative years. And yeah, the comparison of unrealistic beauty. And for me at the time was all of those factors as well as trying to figure out how to fit in in a new place, new country, new culture, you know, trying to control something that felt controllable.