Body image

I've never taken much notice of how I look until the last several years since I put on weight. My body shape has always been pretty strange as I literally have no waist. Self consciousness has always plagued me. Now that I'm older...it's worse. I don't recognise myself and I look bloody awful.

I didn't dislike my body all that much...until I had my fourth baby. I am still thin and small, but now I have a C-section scar and it isn't even the scar that bothers me. But, where the muscle healed back together there is a lump now and I just hate it. Of course, after nursing four babies...I have issues there now too.

I definitely have a lot of body issues, but with how the world is today, it's not really any wonder why everyone is so hung up about their appearance. I'm glad that tv shows and commercials and what not are taking a step in the direction to prove that everyone is beautiful. I'm starting to realize more and more I'm not terrible looking and that people just have a problem and like to go against people that are different than they are because it makes them feel good about themselves and wanted in a sense.

When I look in the mirror I see myself as being unfit and out of shape. I have been thin all my life but after I had my daughter ten years ago my body changed and I was very happy with the way I looked. Then in 2003 I had a son, 2004 a son and 2005 a daughter. She was my last child and once I had her I noticed my body changed again but to my eyes I looked flabby and I still have baby fat I cant get rid of. I exercise and eat right but I still feel like I look horrible to my husband. I dont know if I will ever feel good about the way my body looks but my husband says he loves me just the way I am and for me thats all that matters.

I don't think I will ever love my body. In the past few months I have gotten a but and I HATE it, everyone says I don't have one but I do and its big. I really can't and don't want to look at myself naked.

Everybody wants look beautiful,handsome, chick,etc. Everybody wants to shows their beautiness whether they have a natural beauty or artificial beauty. So here is no doubt about that most of the television show about the how much a person look smart. we are living in modern erra. This is the time of beauty fashion.

I have always struggled with my weight, but I don't know if I've ever really been ashamed of my body. I've been afraid to show my body off because of all the ridicule that people have given me. I was once obese when I was a teen, but have been within a normal weight range (or slightly overweight) for a long time. I still get comments from time to time from other people about being "overweight" even though I'm not. I mean, how skinny do some people think I should be? Do I need to look anorexic? I heard that show had some kind of problem because they would line a group of models by various weights and body size and place the contestant or "subject" in the line as to where he/she actually is. I think this is offensive to the models that they use to determine the size.

Hate my body. Even when I was young & slim I hated it. Heck, I don't get any pleasure out of looking at buff guys stripped to the waist or in swimming suits, or gals either, am I weird?

hello,the same feeling,i have always been overweight and when i looked at myself in mirror,i complain so fat in part of body,,LOL.but no matter if my hubby dont care...wish you have a good day

hai.. it not a big deal that how you body look like.. for me the most important is BE CONFIDENT about your self.. and when looking our self to the mirror be postive... say to self that i'm look like this because it can be USEFUL for EVERYONE..

people look at the skinny "beautiful" girls and say. there so pretty, i want to be just like them, there perfect. but in reality, everybody has at least one thing they don't like about themselves. i don't think its about how big or little you are. as long as your confident and feel good about yourself, thats what other people are going to see. most men don't like stick then girls. but to be honest, i don't like what i see in the mirror. and i don't think i ever will. but i am confident with my looks, even if the girl next to me is thinner.

Western culuture has a lot of pressure for physical beauty? Is that so?Then what about eastern culture? I mean Asia,especially China