I'll never forget the day those pictures of Kim Kardashian's cellulite hit the internet. Social media literally had a ball, but I wondered the entire time how Kim felt about it all. She later shared how mortified she was when she saw them during an appearance on The View. And in a recent episode of Keeping Up with The Kardashians Kim revealed how she freaked out when she first saw the pics online. But there's so much more to this story, because apparently Kim suffers from body dysmorphia and I can't help but be sad about that.
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There's a price you pay when you choose to live a life as public as Kim's and, unfortunately, that comes with scrutiny. In fact, the constant criticism Kim receives regarding her body really has affected her mentally.
"You take pictures and people just body-shame you," she said on a recent episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashian's. "It's like literally giving me body dysmorphia."
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While we don't know if Kim does in fact suffer from body dysmorphia or if she was just saying it lightly. But if she does, this condition is truly no joke. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, body dysmorphia is a body-image disorder that causes an individual to obsess over their appearance. They'll obsess over imagined defects or flaws, to the point where it will interfere with their everyday lives. People with body dysmorphia tend to seek plastic surgery to correct "their defects" but that's usually never enough.
Kim has never admitted to getting plastic surgery but before and after pictures prove that she's definitely had some subtle but noticeable work done over the years, whether it be a nose job, Botox, fillers, or even a butt job. If Kim does have this condition, I can't even judge her for it. The girl is under constant watch and with that comes never-ending criticism, which can really take a toll on someone's self-esteem. Some of the things people were saying about her butt cellulite was plain cruel.
You can argue that part of the reason why Kim constantly poses nude and shares naked selfies is an attempt to prove to the world that she's hot and in shape. In a recent interview with Allure, Kim admitted that she's not going to stop posing nude anytime soon.
"I'm, like, the most fit I've ever been," she told Allure. "I'm like, 'I'm going to tone it down.' But then I'm like, 'wait I can't be doing it in 10 years, so–I might as well'. I don't know what the age is cutoff is."
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Kim has pretty tough skin, but even someone like her can be affected by all the BS social media trolls write. The only thing I will say is, if she really does struggle with body dysmorphia, I hope she gets the necessary help she needs to treat it and can get to a point in her life where she gives two effs what any of the haters have to say!
