Ep. 324: Social Media & Appearance Anxiety: Learning to Love Your Natural Self.

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Hello everyone, welcome back to my small talk.

大家好，歡迎返嚟我嘅 Small Talk。

Today I want to talk about something many people experience these days — appearance anxiety.

今日我想同大家講一個而家好多人都有嘅感受——外貌焦慮。

A lot of this anxiety actually comes from social media.

其實好多呢種焦慮，都係嚟自社交媒體。

On social media, people often compare photos from twenty or even thirty years ago with photos today.

喺社交媒體上面，好多人會攞二十年前甚至三十年前嘅相，同而家嘅相去比較。

Then they say things like, “Oh, she has aged,” or “She doesn’t look the same anymore.”

然後就會有人講：「佢老咗喇。」或者「佢而家唔同以前咁樣喇。」

But honestly, this comparison is not fair at all.

但老實講，呢種比較其實一啲都唔公平。

No one looks the same at fifty as they did at twenty.

冇人五十歲仲會同二十歲嘅樣一模一樣。

Time passes, and people naturally change.

時間會過，人一定會自然改變。

Another thing we see more and more today is plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures.

而家仲有一樣嘢越嚟越普遍，就係整容同醫美療程。

Many people talk openly about Botox, fillers, and different beauty treatments.

好多人都好公開咁講 Botox、填充，或者各種美容療程。

Little by little, this creates a feeling that maybe we also need these things.

慢慢地就會令人有一種感覺，好似我哋都需要呢啲嘢。

It can make us feel that we need to “fix” our faces.

好似我哋需要去「執好」自己個樣。

Sometimes we even begin to think that our natural face is not good enough.

有時甚至會令人覺得，自己原本嘅樣好似唔夠好。

Personally, I also enjoy trying different skincare products.

其實我自己都好鍾意試唔同嘅護膚產品。

For me, it is a kind of self-care.

對我嚟講，呢個係一種 self care。

Taking care of my skin helps me relax and feel happy.

照顧自己嘅皮膚會令我覺得好放鬆，好開心。

But I also remind myself of something important.

但係我都會提醒自己一樣好重要嘅事。

I am already fifty years old.

我而家都已經五十歲喇。

It is good to take care of my skin.

照顧皮膚係好嘅。

But I should not go to extremes.

但係唔需要過度。

Every age has its own beauty.

其實每一個年紀都有佢自己嘅美。

Twenty has youth.

二十歲有青春。

Forty has confidence.

四十歲有自信。

And fifty has wisdom and life experience.

而五十歲有智慧同人生經驗。

Learning to accept ourselves is very important.

學識接納自己，其實好重要。

Confidence is more beautiful than perfection.

有自信，其實比完美更加美麗。

So instead of worrying too much about our appearance,

所以與其太過擔心自己嘅外表，

maybe we can learn to appreciate ourselves a little more.

不如學識多啲欣賞自己。

Taking care of ourselves is good.

照顧自己係好嘅。

But accepting ourselves with confidence is even more beautiful.

但係帶住自信去接納自己，其實更加美麗。

Thank you for listening to today’s small talk.

多謝大家收聽今日嘅 Small Talk。