Body image & your experience growing up

girl_dee · 05-01-2017, 01:14 AM

i had not thought about this!

My mother was always a small petite woman, but always thought she was overweight. i don't ever remember a time where she was not talking about it.

Once she was on some diet pills, and was so doped up she was scrubbing the bathroom tile with a toothbrush in the middle of the night.

She always said she " needed to lose weight" She would fast all week and binge on the weekends.

Today she is nearly 80 and talks about her extra weight...

i never thought about the fact that i may have inherited some body shaming issues from some of this.

cathexis · 05-01-2017, 03:02 AM

Childhood was hell for body image. Began to develop secondary sex characteristics when I was 8. My brother embarrassed me when in the den with all family present by pointing out and teasing me for wearing my first training bra.

Felt mortified when starting menses at age 9.
Was fully developed by 11 with a high sex drive for grown men (18-25).
Most of my peers were way behind.

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