I wear a size 2, size XS-S. There are days where I’m convinced that I’m actually obese but no one can see it. Yes it’s very nonsensical, but so is dysmorphia.
I feel fat for some reason. I know I’m not but I still feel that way. I only realized it’s body dismorphia when I became underweight a few years back. I wear xs in all brands but the feeling doesn’t go away
Always thought I was “bigger” because I had friends who were skinnier than me. Seeing those photos now, I realize I was tiny and had no idea what I looked like.
My appearance is constantly on my mind, it even got to the point where I was viewing what I look like when watching movies or hanging out with friends. And the way i look really dictates how well my day will go. It’s incredibly draining and I just wish my brain would give me a break. The fact that I naturally have had a “glow up” hasn’t improved the situation either despite everyone around me saying I’m pretty, men and women. I just never feel like I’m enough.
I started developing health problems, I thought I was smaller than I actually was. I never realized I was gaining weight, 3 years prior I lost 70lbs on the keto diet and then I gained it all back plus 40 lbs
I’ve gotten to the point I’m a size 8/can usually fit into a 6. I realized when I constantly felt like my body looked wider than everyone else. One day my 24 year old coworker who I considered generic thin/hot young person vs me frumpy looking mom bod came up to me when we were all talking body stuff and she was like “no girl you thin” and I laughed and she walked up to me put her hips in front of mine and drew a line across and was like “see they aren’t any bigger than mine” and my brain litteraly couldn’t comprehend what I was seeing and being told.
I was dumbfounded. Then I went to playgrounds with my son and went to walk through one of those metal bar arches before slides and stuff and I could put my hips straight through. I got on the ground and looked at it and was like, wait….. but that’s small….. I have to constantly tell myself “your figure is a normal size, that is average, you are not any wider than anyone else”
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I wear a size 2, size XS-S. There are days where I’m convinced that I’m actually obese but no one can see it. Yes it’s very nonsensical, but so is dysmorphia.
I feel fat for some reason. I know I’m not but I still feel that way. I only realized it’s body dismorphia when I became underweight a few years back. I wear xs in all brands but the feeling doesn’t go away
Seeing photos of myself when I was a teenager.
Always thought I was “bigger” because I had friends who were skinnier than me. Seeing those photos now, I realize I was tiny and had no idea what I looked like.
My appearance is constantly on my mind, it even got to the point where I was viewing what I look like when watching movies or hanging out with friends. And the way i look really dictates how well my day will go. It’s incredibly draining and I just wish my brain would give me a break. The fact that I naturally have had a “glow up” hasn’t improved the situation either despite everyone around me saying I’m pretty, men and women. I just never feel like I’m enough.
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I started developing health problems, I thought I was smaller than I actually was. I never realized I was gaining weight, 3 years prior I lost 70lbs on the keto diet and then I gained it all back plus 40 lbs
I’ve gotten to the point I’m a size 8/can usually fit into a 6. I realized when I constantly felt like my body looked wider than everyone else. One day my 24 year old coworker who I considered generic thin/hot young person vs me frumpy looking mom bod came up to me when we were all talking body stuff and she was like “no girl you thin” and I laughed and she walked up to me put her hips in front of mine and drew a line across and was like “see they aren’t any bigger than mine” and my brain litteraly couldn’t comprehend what I was seeing and being told.
I was dumbfounded. Then I went to playgrounds with my son and went to walk through one of those metal bar arches before slides and stuff and I could put my hips straight through. I got on the ground and looked at it and was like, wait….. but that’s small….. I have to constantly tell myself “your figure is a normal size, that is average, you are not any wider than anyone else”