| My Personal Body Image Story
My Body Image Narrative - All my life, up until shortly after I got married nine years ago, I was constantly active. I started playing basketball at an early age, continued until my second year in faculty; was on the track team, participated in cross country, and even tried football just to name a couple of my actions. I would come home from two hour trainings, and do sit ups in my room, for no great reason. I was in Olympic state, and had almost no body fat. It came simple since both my parents are lilliputian, and both my mom and I wore a size zero-short. Having two more children did not help the situation much either.
Body Image story
I remember the days when, while I loved my body, I lamented shopping since I could never find anything to fit me. Even at http://beach-photos.net , most trousers had a waistline which was too big or the legs were too long. Nowadays, I weigh just nine pounds more than I did in high school, I graduated in 2000. The problem is that after having children, things redistributed themselves in ways that one couldn't picture unless you're been through it. Because I 'm taking the time to be with my children, my size zero days are over. Did you see the part in Men in Black where the strange lands and takes over the farmer's body? The skin just will not fit right, no matter how he tries to fix it. I understand that things are not actually to that extent, but I do feel uneasy in my own skin.
You will find two events that happened in my life that have helped me tremendously with my body image problems:- I had a home birth
- One time, I purposely got nude in front of some buddies
I planned on having a quiet water birth in the comfort of my house, but my body had other plans, and I ended up having my second kid on my bed. In order to become comfortable during labour, I discard the long top I was wearing. Just for a split second during the birthing process did I comprehend, and become self-conscious about being totally nude on camera, in front of my midwife and her helper. It was a fleeting idea as I was inundated with childbirth. After everything was over, I felt liberated for having done the most difficult thing I'd ever done which made my problems-no big deal anymore.
I must admit, the former encounter emboldened me quite a bit. Although I don't enjoy the way my body looks, I realize it's not so bad, and it seriously is something I could change if I actually needed to.
On another occasion, I went with some single girl friends to Victoria's Secret. I made myself go because I was so self-conscious about going. Long story short, we are all in the dressing room, and I determined to bare it all. I understand, I'm mean. So, I just got naked, and "tried on" some sets of panties. Then came the first minute of uneasy silence. After that minute, we got into this profound discussion about body image, and pregnancy. They admitted that things weren't the same as the high school days but then I saw them in their underwear, and I honestly counted my blessing clothes can be deceiving. But when folks are nude, they're, simply put, only folks. We all have our insecurities, garments help us conceal what you want to conceal and accentuate what you want to show off. By being naked around other naked people, we could learn the way to simply accept each other the way we are the way we were created.
I do not comprehend why folks are so scared to try societal nudity. If more people would, maybe this world would be a little less judgmental and much more accepting. The issue of body image could be substantially improved if all took time to be ourselves with nothing between us and the people around us. This really is merely what I feel and what I think.
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