04-13-2022, 01:12 PM
It definitely gets mucky quick. For instance if someone who's 300+lbs morbidly obese asks you "do you think I'm beautiful", there are different facets to that question. Do you focus on the inner beauty of that person to reinforce compassion for themselves, or do you recognize that they are seeking validation to remain in such an unhealthy state and thus be brutally honest about their physical situation? Do you focus on only the internal to help build on their emotional needs, or address the obvious external issues as well?
The extremes at both ends are obvious (you are beautiful no matter what, your physicality is of no importance, or, your appearance is distasteful for obvious reasons and needs to be corrected), but the subtle answers aren't so obvious.
The extremes at both ends are obvious (you are beautiful no matter what, your physicality is of no importance, or, your appearance is distasteful for obvious reasons and needs to be corrected), but the subtle answers aren't so obvious.