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2.) O<strong>the</strong>r People’s Responses<br />
Direct responses<br />
• Comments and staring<br />
• Bullying<br />
Responses from partners, family and friends<br />
• Positive responses<br />
• Dissonance (between respondent’s and family’s view)<br />
• Hurtful responses<br />
Misjudgements<br />
• ‘People judge’<br />
• Unhealthy (looking ill or contagious)<br />
• Misunderstood (seen as something <strong>the</strong>y were not)<br />
Internalised responses (concerned about possible responses from o<strong>the</strong>rs)<br />
• Visibility (general concerns about visible conditions)<br />
• Self-conscious<br />
• Anticipated response (worry or acting in anticipation of responses)<br />
3.) Coping with Appearance<br />
• Not important<br />
• Pragmatism (one has to accept; no use feeling sorry for oneself)<br />
• Acceptance (positive acceptance, ‘this is who I am’<br />
• Hiding (strategies to hide features, seen positively)<br />
• Not coping (feeling negative; avoiding social situations)<br />
4.) Practical Issues<br />
• Clo<strong>the</strong>s/ Shoes/ Makeup<br />
• Pain and disability<br />
• Time spent on appearance<br />
5.) Time Structures<br />
• Duration of Condition<br />
• Changes (fluctuating conditions, changes in life overall)<br />
• Milestones (significant time spans (e.g. schooldays) and events)<br />
<strong>The</strong> responses from <strong>the</strong> majority of respondents fell into several subcategories. <strong>The</strong>y also<br />
mention more than one body part, emphasising that appearance-related dissatisfaction should<br />
not be assumed to relate to one feature or body part in isolation. Comments about weight issues<br />
were included in <strong>the</strong> analysis, insofar as participants ei<strong>the</strong>r had at least one o<strong>the</strong>r appearance<br />
issue or attributed <strong>the</strong>ir weight to a medical condition (e.g. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome,<br />
medication side effects).<br />
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