Roberto Olivardia, PhD

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Speaking of Psychology · Social media, looksmaxxing, and why men struggle with body image, with Roberto Olivardia, PhD · 15 Jul 2026 podcast

it's always to be proactive and just, you know, get some help and, and support.

Because even if it's something that's emerging and turns out to be quote unquote, normal puberty, but that's still important.

I mean, we don't want anyone feeling bad, you know, about their bodies.

I mean, there's even what we call quote unquote normative still can have its wounds, you know, and, and its scars.

So, you know, the earlier you catch it,

you know, certainly the better, but also to normalize it because especially with boys, what I hear a lot from parents and I feel, you know, for them, because of course every parent loves their child and wants the best for them.

But very often I'll hear from moms and dads who say, you know, I,

i i know not to talk about my body or negative stuff body image to my daughter i never occurred to me how i talk about and this is sometimes like for moms who maybe they had a history of an eating disorder that they're like i never it never occurred to me that when i call myself ugly that that could affect how my son looks you know i knew not to say that in front of my daughter

And this is what I see is that it, you know, it's not just the fathers that they're like, it's how bodies and body image and appearance is talked about within a family and not to say that it's a causal factor.

It's one of many factors, but having conversations to around.

you know, how do we talk to ourselves about the way we look?

And for parents to be vulnerable, too, to say, you know, yeah, you know, I remember when I was younger and, you know, things that were so impactful in terms of how I felt about myself, you know, it took me a while.

Because what kids and young people don't want to hear is, oh, looks don't matter, right?

you know, that like, you know, because the truth is they kind of do, but not to the degree that the patients that I work with see it to be.

And that's where the second you say, and for therapists out there too, because I have a lot of patients that have said, oh, I worked with a therapist who said, oh, that's like vanity, you know, that doesn't matter.

And now the patient's like, oh, okay, so I guess you think I'm vain or narcissistic.

So, okay, this isn't going to work.

Um,

Whereas I tell my patients, I completely understand because I know if I grew up with this, I would have been at risk for some of this.

It's just so all-consuming.

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