Women are trained to value themselves by their appearance and simultaneously hate it. We’re too fat, legs too short, wrong shape, stretch marks from childbirth etc etc. And it’s so much worse if you’re trans, non white and so on. What do you like about your body?
I’m slowly learning to like my abdomen area. I put on ~15lbs during my last depressive episode. I’m down 5, and would like to keep going, but 2 hookups I’ve had lately complimented how petite I was. I’m so hard on myself, like all of the time, that hearing those compliments changed my perspective a bit. I think I’m content at this weight, and will make more efforts to stop counting calories and starving myself. I almost certainly have some sort of a eating disorder, so this is pretty big for me 🙂
I like this comment. I have slowly begun to accept my abdomen as well. For years I avoided the front tucked style because I thought my abdomen / stomach area was too big. The weather has been better the last few weeks and I decided to tuck y tshirts in the front… And guess what, the world didn’t fall apart. Next step, a crop top I bought last week… I’m going to win this mental battle
That’s great Jessica! Abdomen is a difficult one, we’re not built to have flat stomachs and yet we’re expected to. Most women don’t like theirs so you’re doing well. EDs are hard, they get very county and it’s hard to healthily lose weight without it getting triggered.