UAE, June 11 -- With the UAE government recently announcing 2019 as "The Year of Tolerance", a first step towards this is self-acceptance. Yet with social media platforms bombarding us with images of the perfect home, the ideal family, and that amazing life, often times, these messages create unreasonably high expectations which in turn, promote a negative self-image.

Self-Image

Our self-image is really how we see ourselves-our concepts, ideas, and perception of who we are and how we are, tells Clinical Psychologist Dr. Tara Wyne. Self-image is basically how we see ourselves. This would include describing words such as-pretty, smart, interesting, ugly, cute, caring, and so on. In fact, over time, an unhealthy self-image can lead to poor...