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perceive in ourselves (the self-concept) may
have only partial correspondence with what
other people perceive in us. Yet we behave in
accordance with our own perceptions."
The gap between what we think we look like
and what we actually do can be an eye
opener in many ways. So much so, that psy
chologists have evolved a "body image test,"
now in use in many hospitals, schools, mar
riage clinics, and businesses. Here's how the
test works: ,
You are given a pencil and blank sups of
paper and told to draw yourself (a) as you
are and (b) as you would like to look. The
psychologist analyzes both drawings and
makes a private judgment of you.
Heavy lines may tell him that you're a
strong-willed individual; light ones, a timid
type. If you complete the drawings quickly, it
generally indicates you're a decisive, impul
sive person. Should you linger unduly over
them, you're probably a painstaking perfec
tionist If you sketch profiles, it may show
you're evasive. Should you draw exception
ally long arms, perhaps you're ambitious or
acquisitive.
An insecure wife married to a domineering
husband drew pinpoints for feet. Why?
Because all her life she could never stand on
her own two feet!
. Your occupation often affects your draw
ings, too. Public speakers pay particular
attention to the lips; pianists to the hands;
dancers to the legsf scientists and writers to
the head.
Well-adjusted people usually draw them
selves pretty much as they are the first time.
But in the second wish-fulfillment drawings,
they engage in healthy Walter Mitty day
dreaming. Short women make themselves tall;
fat ones, thin. Unattractive ones portray
themselves as queens. Women with stringy
hair draw themselves with lovely tresses.
Emotionally ill persons reveal the most in
their drawings. One disturbed woman, asked
to draw herself as she saw herself, sketched
a ghost "Why do you want to commit sui
cide?" the psychiatrist asked.
Thanks to the woman's illuminating -self-portrait,
the psychiatrist was able to take the
first steps in helping her back to a healthy
state of mind.
In tests conducted by Dr. Karen Machover
of Kings County Hospital (Brooklyn, N. Y.) , a
group of mental patients were asked to draw
a man and later a woman. Emotionally infan
tile males frequently made the female image
larger and more dominant. Asthmatics
omitted the mouth.
Other psychologists report that women
generally observe men's features more closely
than vice versa. Frequently, the most a man
can remember about the girl he loves is the
color of her hair or eyes! Women admit that
what they notice first about men are their
faces, figures, voices, whether they need a
deodorant, and their clothes.
But clothes don't make the man or woman.
Take it from Mark Twain, who was once
bawled out by his wife for not being properly
dressed when calling on a Connecticut neigh
bor. After listening to his wife's complaints,
the humorist wrapped a neat package which
he had a messenger deliver to the neighbor
with this note: "A little while ago I visited
you minus my collar and tie. The missing
articles are enclosed. Will you kindly gaze at
them and return them to me?"
Vanity often prevents us from seeing our
selves with other people's eyes. Recently
i in the home of a distinguished, much-photographed
elder statesman who was quite hand
some as a young man, I observed a flattering
portrait of him and remarked on it
"Oh, it doesn't catch the real me," he pro
tested seriously. "Haven't I got better features
than that?"
In the long run, neither handicaps nor good
looks mean much. Real beauty stems from
within. Outer good looks can never "cover a
warped and ugly soul. While they may mean
everything to superficial people, warm inner
qualities are far more important to most of us.
So make the most of what God gave you
then forget about it Beauty, after all, is rela
tive. Our great stage actresses Helen Hayes,
Lynn Fontanne, Katharine Cornell were
never outwardly beautiful. They all have an
inner beauty and spirit which is far more
important
Lincoln's political opponents campaigned
against his "ugliness." One day when a little
girl was taken to the White House to visit
President Lincoln, her father warned her
about Old Abe's homeliness. But after Lincoln
placed her on his knees and playfully joked
with her, the little girl exclaimed to her father,
"Daddy.he isn't ugly at alL He's just beautiful!"
Family Weekly, January 3, 1960
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