Megan Fox reveals struggle with body dysmorphia

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Megan Fox struggles with body dysmorphia and has โ€œneverโ€ loved her own body.

The 37-year-old actress has reflected on her issues with body image and admitted she doesnโ€™t see herself in the same way other people see her.

She told the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue: โ€œI have body dysmorphia. I donโ€™t ever see myself really the way other people see me.

โ€œThere is never a point in my life where I loved my body. Never, ever.โ€

The โ€˜Jenniferโ€™s Bodyโ€™ star noted that accepting herself as beautiful is something sheโ€™s always struggled with, and itโ€™s a โ€œnever-endingโ€ process.

She added: โ€œWhen I was little, that was like an obsession I had, that I should look THIS way.

โ€œAnd why I had an awareness of my body that young, Iโ€™m not sureโ€ฆ The journey of loving myself is going to be never-ending, I think.โ€

Megan also explained that she would like people to notice her โ€œauraโ€ when they first meet her, rather than focusing on her physical appearance.

She said: โ€œI wished everyone noticed my aura, because I have a rainbow aura, and itโ€™s special.โ€

Despite her lack of confidence, Megan insisted last summer that she would have been โ€œnaked everywhereโ€ in 2009 if it hadnโ€™t been for bosses of the family friendly โ€˜Transformersโ€™ film franchise banning her from stripping off.

She told the Evening Standard: โ€œPeak fame for me was in 2009. It was during the second โ€˜Transformersโ€™ press tour.

โ€œI wouldโ€™ve been naked everywhere back then, but that wasnโ€™t something that was allowed.โ€

She also hit back at women giving each other a hard time for trying to look sexy after birth, and said it was part of a โ€œpatriarchalโ€ society that needs killed off.

Mum-of-three Megan โ€“ who has sons Noah Shannon Green, 10, Bodhi Ransom Green, nine, and six-year-old Journey River Green with ex-husband Brian Austin Green, 48 โ€“ hit out: โ€œWhat terrible messaging for women to give each other. Once you go through certain milestones, once you go through having children, then what? You shouldnโ€™t be sexy any more?

โ€œYou should be and feel more sexy than ever after youโ€™ve given birth to a child.

โ€œThat is a very misogynistic, patriarchal idea that has been put on women that we need to shed.โ€


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