Discussion Excessive makeup is bad for mental health

[BlendedBlade]

Excessive Makeup is Mental Self-Harm (Body Dysmorphia Trap)





Imagine you’re a guy going on a date.

You use an app to temporarily 10x your bank balance—flashing fake wealth to impress her.

But when the date ends, your account snaps back to normal.

Over time, you start feeling like a fraud.

Your real finances feel inadequate, and you depend on the illusion to feel valuable.

This is what heavy makeup does to women’s brains.

The Cycle:
1. Mirror You: See your natural face (baseline).
2. Makeup You: Spend hours contouring/filtering into an alternate version.
3. Snap Back: Remove makeup → return to baseline, but now it feels "worse" by contrast.

Psychologists call this "appearance distortion"—your perception of your real face gets warped because you’re habituated to an artificial ideal.

The more extreme the transformation, the bigger the mental crash.

Why It’s Toxic:

• Addiction: Like financial fraud, you need bigger "doses" (thicker makeup/filters) to feel okay.
• Self-Sabotage: Natural beauty standards get erased; your brain now sees normal you as "ugly."
• Dating Fallout: Just like the guy with fake money, relationships built on illusions collapse.
• Fraud Syndrome: Deep down, you know people like the "fake" you more—leading to guilt, shame, and imposter syndrome.

Fix:

• Detox: Go no-makeup for a week. Reset your brain’s baseline.
• Softmaxxing: Use makeup to enhance (e.g., mascara/lip gloss), not replace your face.
• Frame Control: Stop comparing yourself to your "mask."

 

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[roveaa]

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[BlendedBlade]

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This is more directed at female users

 

[roveaa]

This is more directed at female users

Yeah that why

 

[princeps]

Read every molecule mirin iq thread

 

[BlendedBlade]

Read every molecule mirin iq thread

Not that high IQ, just common sense, but thanks!

 

[Tumor]

Makeup doesn't make much sense

 

[over0]

Makeup doesn't make much sense

How

 

[BlendedBlade]

Makeup doesn't make much sense

It does, to look more attractive and appeal to the best male to get her pregnant yada yada yada

 

[Tumor]

How

Some girls don't look different with or without it, and bad makeup looks terrible

 

[BlendedBlade]

I'm not against makeup, but sometimes I see unreal makeup transformations


I think a little bit of makeup is fine as long as you look like yourself

 

[over0]

Some girls don't look different with or without it, and bad makeup looks terrible

Skill issue tbh

 

[Tumor]

I'm not against makeup, but sometimes I see unreal makeup transformations


I think a little bit of makeup is fine as long as you look like yourself

Post one

 

[BlendedBlade]

Post one

Wait I gotta find that video with asian girls they looked 30 years younger and like another person

 

[Tumor]

Wait I gotta find that video with asian girls they looked 30 years younger and like another person

Ok

 

[drchad]

i agree

 

[BlendedBlade]

Ok

Sorry I lost it, but just search makeup transformation on tiktok, youtube, instagram

I found similar one

 

[Tumor]

Sorry I lost it, but just search makeup transformation on tiktok, youtube, instagram

I found similar one

Yeah these always look insane on asians

 

[SullenBlondie]

Excessive Makeup is Mental Self-Harm (Body Dysmorphia Trap)





Imagine you’re a guy going on a date.

You use an app to temporarily 10x your bank balance—flashing fake wealth to impress her.

But when the date ends, your account snaps back to normal.

Over time, you start feeling like a fraud.

Your real finances feel inadequate, and you depend on the illusion to feel valuable.

This is what heavy makeup does to women’s brains.

The Cycle:
1. Mirror You: See your natural face (baseline).
2. Makeup You: Spend hours contouring/filtering into an alternate version.
3. Snap Back: Remove makeup → return to baseline, but now it feels "worse" by contrast.

Psychologists call this "appearance distortion"—your perception of your real face gets warped because you’re habituated to an artificial ideal.

The more extreme the transformation, the bigger the mental crash.

Why It’s Toxic:

• Addiction: Like financial fraud, you need bigger "doses" (thicker makeup/filters) to feel okay.
• Self-Sabotage: Natural beauty standards get erased; your brain now sees normal you as "ugly."
• Dating Fallout: Just like the guy with fake money, relationships built on illusions collapse.
• Fraud Syndrome: Deep down, you know people like the "fake" you more—leading to guilt, shame, and imposter syndrome.

Fix:

• Detox: Go no-makeup for a week. Reset your brain’s baseline.
• Softmaxxing: Use makeup to enhance (e.g., mascara/lip gloss), not replace your face.
• Frame Control: Stop comparing yourself to your "mask."

Agree, also those beauty filters too