In a recent interview with Katie Couric, Demi Lovato claims that since the age of three, she’s disliked her body. On Katie’s new show, Demi says:
“I remember being three years old in a diaper and rubbing my hand over my stomach, like I remember thinking in my head, ‘I wonder if one day this will ever be flat?’ It just continued. I’ve always had self-confidence issues… and it also didn’t help that I had kids in school at such a young age that were really, really naturally very thin, so I always felt like the bigger one of the group. … I believe that I was born with it, and that it was just gonna be there. It runs in my family and it’s just there. And I think that when you go through things that are traumatic… it can bring out the nasty behaviours that rise to the surface when you don’t know how to stay in control or feel your emotions.”
So I get it, and I feel badly for Demi. What a way to have to grow up, thinking that you’re not as good as someone else because of the way you—or they—look. But do you guys think that you can be “born” with low self-esteem? Are ego issues hereditary? Can someone, legitimately, at the age of three, think that there’s something wrong with a stomach that’s not flat?
I worry about us as a species sometimes, guys. Not saying anything against Demi, of course, but it’s just amazing how we’ve collectively poisoned ourselves and allowed ourselves to be poisoned by thinking that we’re more or less than someone else because of how we look or how we’re shaped.
Ok…. Body issues aside, but wearing a diaper at age three is really odd.
You took the words I didn’t say right out of my mouth.
“I had kids in school at such a young age…”
The diaper thing IS odd, but also, a three year old would not come up with a thought like that on their own. Someone must have made a comment to her somehow that got her thinking that way. She might not even remember the specific comment now, she’s just left with the feelings.
Okay, no three year old is concerned with having a “tummy”, like really? Someone obviously made comments to her or around her to make her think that. No way are kids “born” with body issues.
I was never a skinny kid. I wasn’t fat, but I wasn’t skinny either. I always had somewhat of a “tummy”. I got really sick and lost a lot of weight and the only thing I noticed was that my stomach was flat. I was abused by a family member growing up and I always felt less than people. I don’t think people are born with it, but someone around her had to have said something.
You’re concerned about us as a species because we let someone’s comments get to them? How about being concerned about the fact that there are people that constantly put people down, talk about how they look and weigh and cause them to feel that way about themselves? I didn’t allow myself to hate who I was growing up. From my first memory as a child I was ridiculed and mistreated, and that’s why I was that way, and that’s why many other children and adults are that way. They aren’t allowing that to happen to them.
Omg enough already Demi….. Kids now days they have everything but still bitch and moan over trivial shit….
Boo hoo, it’s all bullshit. Poor little millionaire. STFU
Body dysmorphia really is a condition though, and it’s been known to exist since the 19th century.
This girl sounds like she was abused as a child. Late diaper training is usually from uncontrolled urination from fear issues. There are LOTS of preschoolers with body issues now. Toddler and Tiara parents are the nightmares who come to class and make comments about the “chubby” girls in kindergarten. Then the so-called “normal” parents have their kids on treadmills and police everything they eat by age 5 due to peer pressure.
This nonsense started in the 80’s and has never stopped. Add the TV and magazines and these kids don’t stand a chance. Money doesn’t fix everything. I have no idea why people keep thinking it solves everything so people should shut up about issues that cause them pain. That’s like 3rd world people saying Americans have nothing at all to complain about because they have so much money. Oh wait…