Posted by Meri-Tuuli on March 12, 2007, at 15:04:16
In reply to I talked with my sister about it, posted by scratchpad on March 11, 2007, at 11:14:45
I hate my body too, which is stupid as I'm 26 and it might start going downhill from now on! I worry about this- how on earth am I going to accept what I look like when I'm 64 if I can't even accept it now?
Its really strange. My mother doesn't have any body issues whatsoever - she'll happily proclaim she's looking awful (and she will be) and not care one bit.
Actually I have just thought of something that cheered me up at least. I used to belong to a gym and there were public changing rooms and everyone just got on with it and changed completely starkers in front of everyone and this boosted my self confidence. Seeing all kinds of female bodies made me realise that mine really wasn't so bad after all. One strange thing actually is that I'm quite happy to go nude, (I've been to nudist beaches and well I live in Finland and everyone here goes to the sauna in the nude - single sex of course!) but I still hate my body. I avoid it like the plague in mirrors. But seeing other, real life women in the nude, of all ages, shapes, colours really helped me.
Anyway, I think its down to self esteem. Pure and simple.
And perhaps you could buy yourself some nice new clothes that flatter you and get your hair down and buy some pretty make-up? I always feel alot better about myself once I've done myself up abit.
Kind regards
Meri
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