I'm short when I want to be tall and I'm thick when I want to be super model skinny.
They've gotten worse as I've gotten older honestly be when I was younger I was OBSESSED with trying to fit in with the typical American beauty standards (blonde, blue eyes, skinny skinny, tall) which honestly just damaged me as an adult.
I think I do.. sometimes. There are times when I think everybody is ugly
and that’s what scares me the most.
I try to think positive about my body and the human body in general, whichever shape it comes in.
it’s probably my only real work in progress. I think everything else about me and my perceptions, etc. are fine and are being perfected as I age.
I am a perfectionist who’s doing my best to embrace somethings in their natural form. If I wanted to perfect how a caterpillar comes out of its cocoon and becomes a butterfly- I guess I could, but I rather just let it be natural, and take place as it should, on its own.
Some things in this life are like a ‘completed painting.’ Every part of the canvas is absolutely covered and if you add anything to it, you’re doing too much, and the picture becomes overwhelming. If you leave it. It’s a well equipped picture.
Same thing applies to certain humanitarian things. I guess looks kind of applies to this.
I guess it also would lower anyone’s confidence if they had a huge daily routine to put effort into how they present themselves to the world.
maybe like getting Botox constantly. Make up and trimmings and such or spraying fake tan.
Because subconsciously every time you look at yourself without those accessories
you’re not accepting yourself in your own skin, and you’re saying “something is wrong with the picture, and so, something should be done to alter it/ edit it.”
When you look at yourself in the mirror you should be happy at the face that stares back at you, and be able to walk out the door with that same face, and truly believe you have everything you need- the picture is fine and accept it. Embrace it. Endorse it.
I hope everyone does have body positivity and a sense of biological-anatomical reality,
meaning: always have love for yourself flawed or not,
but realize if there is a health condition with your body, that you can effectively and responsibly take matters necessary to resolve that. Instead of seeing it just as “work” you have to do (possible fat or extreme lack of it) and beating up on yourself.
Just be honest. Be willing. Be loving.
If you read this far- thank you, and I hope you live out many more healthy years loving yourself, others, and life.
I'm tall, slender with some muscle tone and big boobs. I'd love to have a bigger butt and more curves overall.
When I was younger, in middle school, I HATED my boobs. Friends I had at the time would tell me that they were too big and guys don't like that. I was self conscious.
I was also told I was too tall for guys to find attractive. By 15 I hit my max height at 5'11.
I think, even those with "perfect bodies" have some insecurities they may not openly share.
Hell, maybe in 10 years I'll have something else to feel insecure about.
Perfectly ok to love yourself and still want to look better. Just don't associate with people who put you down for your natural self
My height is below average, but I don’t let it get to me. I work with what I got. I read books, I go to the gym, I work on my career, I improve my relationship skills, etc.
Life deals you a hand, and you just gotta play that hand the best way you can. That’s how I look at most of life’s situations. Stressing out about what’s out of your control will NOT help you play your hand the best way you can. So, I don’t let it bother me and instead focus on what I CAN control. When you realize that you actually have a lot you can do to improve your life and change your destiny, life becomes exciting again.
No I feel great about my body, I wanna work out a bit more but that's about it. The only time I felt shitty was when I was like 16 and my pores were full of shit all the time, I hated it, I felt so dirty. I tried the products for this kind of thing but it didn't help at all. But otherwise I love my body so much :)
Baby me and me after volleyball practice recently ^^
When I was a teen I used to weigh 280 lbs. I got teased a lot. Free Willy and Shamu! My senior yr in high school I started losing weight, just a growth spurt, and then I started to actually do something, joined a gym and exercise. I got down to 170 and a size 10 when I was 19. But all the negative stuff u hear as a kid/teen stays w/u forever! I nvr did anything good for myself despite losing all that weight. I messed up college, partied, did some drugs, screwed w/the wrong guys, started stripping/prostituting, and now I've been married to a functional alcoholic for 9 years. Don't worry what anyone thinks! Worry about urself and do wut makes u feel better!
Seems like society went from one body/beauty extreme (deathly thin) to another (overweight/morbidly obese). Neither are good for society and have caused major health issues to the public. Most Americans are now severely obese and are in the hospitals dying from complications due to their obesity. I should know, I see them everyday. If they're not getting heart transplants, they are loosing limbs due to out control diabetes. Some of them can't move at all and in the bed all day. Now by no means am I saying I'm perfect, I lower stomach myself and most likely was overweight myself. Recently i lost some weight due to morning sickness.
I just think we need to learn balance. You don't have to be stick skinny, but I'm sure most if us don't want to be or end up like the people we see on 600 pound life either.
Yeah, I don't really care about being taller. but I'd love to thin, ripped and hairless. I feel I would be more appealing to women.
I'm also kind of afraid to have sex with an American woman, even a close friend, because I'm afraid she will be weirded out and run away when she sees that I'm not circumcised.
Honestly I can’t speak for every American women when I say this but just from my experience with friends and family, most women don’t realize that most men (especially foreign) are not circumcised.
Like everyone knows that Jewish men are always circumcised but other then that not many religions require so it’s more so of a preference.
I know that bc I always date foreign men but don’t worry, we’re open minded rlly.
But that's the thing, in America it isn't done for religious reasons. I don't know why it's so common and I hear so many women saying how "gross" it is.
My parents are from Europe, and circumcision isn't very common there at all. But yeah, I've lost a few girls simply because they found out I'm not circumcised. Like that was the one deal breaker for them.
When I was younger I used to think the same way but honestly I’ve learned that a dick is just a dick 😂 and I think it’s so big in America bc it’s more of a cultural thingy now like people just adopted the circumcision idea
I agree. I used to be that way with hairless pussies to be honest. A lot of my friends though it was gross that I was attracted to hairy pussies, and I could never understand why both genders are so obsessed with being hairless, and I thought they always looked so weird without hair. Some still kinda do, but I've learned that it's so common, that if I want a girl I'll have to stop caring how much or how little hair she has down there.
Yeah, I feel more comfortable with foreign because they're used to men being uncut, a side from Islamic and Jewish girls.
Not to an extreme. Like i can look in the mirror and do a little dance and be like “Okay girl I see ya”. But I still have some insecurities. I try not to talk out loud about em and just work on em in silence. But i certainly don’t dislike myself
No, my body is just the container my soul occupies while I'm trapped here on Earth. It's temporary, it will one day vanish, but the essence of who I am will not. I don't have the "perfect body" (whatever that is) and, what's more, I don't care. Couldn't care less, in fact. It's just so irrelevant, so unimportant.
I don't , but I do think its good to eat well , exercise well , and to be the correct weight , that doesn't have to mean skinny , but it does mean be realistic , diet is 80 % of it , just common sense really.
I don't like seeing fat people say " I have an inherit gland problem " , then munch into a plethora of sugar , that's not healthy , carbs are the key , or lack thereof.
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Stop putting yourself down be positive about things. We are giving these bodies through our parents. We have to accept the imperfections that we have inherited. For some reason women think they've got to have the perfect form the perfect shape perfect face no wrinkles no cellulite no stretch marks. Oh by the way stretch marks are caused by being pregnant. That's still not your fault. The acne just clean yourself face with a different cleaner. We need to learn to accept ourselves. Do you look great naked somebody might think you do be positive be body positive.
In my opinion what matters most isn’t your Health. In my opinion what matters most is enjoying yourself with the short amount of time you have left to live.
If you can’t be happy and you can’t be healthy then nothing should matter to you
I’m extremely short and will always be a bit self conscious about it. Even though I have gotten to a place where I accept it much more and even laugh about it most of the time, I will still walk by a crowd of people towering over me and feel pretty embarrassed from time to time.
Yes I do.. my big one is I don't think I'm attractive at all.. next is Im working on my body and just after I notice an improvement I'm happy for about a week or so then I'm not happy with it any more so I have to do more to make another improvement.. it's a vicious cycle.
Restrictive eating doesn’t result in binge eating, binge eating is a mental disorder. Dieting is made to look harder than it actually is, all you have to do is eat less of the things YOU KNOW you shouldn’t be eating
Ladies, I had to face some harsh reality when I selected to have an infected limb removed. Keep it and die or send it to the incenerator. My suggestion "Love it while you got it"
With the rise of tiktok yes. I am slowly losing weight but its so slow and I get sad still looking in the mirror. I just want to be thin now to do sexy things.
I think I do. The only time I feel better is when people compliment me. Which are quite a few times, but still, I shouldn't be so dependent on them for my self esteem boost.
I think there's nothing wrong with wanting a healthy body. I think body positivity is more like fat acceptance these days, which i think is rather bad.
A little bit like I've never really liked the way my stomach looks and that's why I always wear shirts that cover my stomach plus my mom would never let me a crop top out in public
No. Will change what I want to change and that's it. Sound advice: Don't base image upon information in magazine articles. You'll always be disappointed.
Although in my opinion, there's nothing wrong with setting a HIGH standard of beauty and fitness. The problem is that the standard set by social media is not an attainable one. It's not that you can't get in that good of shape, it's that most women don't have genetics that will put their fat in their breasts while leaving the rest of their body skin and bone, we don't have rib/pelvis dimensions for that hourglass shape and we don't have pelvic insertions for that bubble booty.
My favorite artist is Julie bell because if you look at the women she models, they're beautiful and their physiques are something that they had to work for BUT they also have the flaws that 95-98% of the female population has.
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