I don’t think I’m paranoid that people quietly think them. I may not always know when, but I know the sight of my stomach triggers people’s insecurities.
One time I saw a woman with a stomach as big as an exercise ball in a crop top, and I’ve aspired to rock out as shamelessly as she did in her fully exposed stomach ever since.
This matters to me: I don’t think she was pregnant. And I feel that means she didn’t need a pregnancy as “excuse” to know she’s entitled to proudly showing off her belly.
Btw, I think we’ve got to depict bellies as a sexy part of the body more. Even on abs, imo, a little pudge can look nice.
nope i’m just miserable and will continue to be miserable unless circumstances i have no control over are somehow changed.
Chronic pain isn’t a social construct. There’s no pride in enduring petty agony. there’s no greater purpose to it, only pain.
good for her not being suicidal i guess but “life is worth enduring horrible torture” is not an opinion i am capable of understanding.
I meant to say her words helped me with SI. But I have breaks between my pain so I really can’t speak for having chronic pain at the level where I can never perceive my physical beauty. I’m sorry you deal with that.