According to a recent survey, a majority of French people are uncomfortable in swimsuits. As summer approaches, some even suffer from mental health problems because of their complexes.
If, for many of us, summer is synonymous with well-being, pleasure and moments of joy, for some it can also be a real source of anxiety. Many French people are indeed still under pressure, with the approach of the summer holidays, the famous “summer body”. This is the sad reality that has just been revealed by a survey produced by Ifop and unveiled this Wednesday, June 21, reports BFM TV. According to this study conducted for Voyagesavecnous.fr and Flashs, 67% of women and 39% of men say they feel uncomfortable about wearing a swimsuit.
A trend that is all the more present among people aged 65 and over: three quarters of women and one in four men do not like to undress at the swimming pool or by the sea. Behind these figures, we actually understand that the French suffer from serious physical complexeswhich affect their trust in them. In total, 47% of them say they “don’t like their body”. It should be noted that, in detail, there is a real disparity between the sexes. THE men are indeed 33% to consider not appreciating their physique, against 60% of the women. A rate that seems to increase from year to year since women were only 43% to express this lack of love in 2013.
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Serious mental health consequences
Faced with this malaise, many of us are therefore looking for ways to hide their body. Thus, half of the men and 80% of the women have already used clothing to cover up, such as a sarong or shorts. In addition, 39% of men and more than one in ten women say they have already tucked in their belly when they were moving.
All this is not without consequences for the Mental Health the French. In fact, almost half (49%) of them say that the idea of exposing themselves to the gaze of others at the beach or the swimming pool has already been a real source of anxiety. Young women are particularly affected (84% of those under 18-24). In addition, two out of ten men and a third of women say they have already experienced depressive episodes as the summer season approaches.
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