Is your self image warped?

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  • mirianyusm
    mirianyusm Posts: 89 Member
    edited January 2022
    Thank you all for sharing your experience.
  • Beautyofdreams
    Beautyofdreams Posts: 1,009 Member
    I grew up being the largest(wore adult clothes and shoes) kid in my class until others caught up to me in junior high. I was called fat most of my life and my father called me ugly. My parents didn't call me fat which made me think that they were lying because even teachers called me fat. One year in junior high I went out for basketball just to embarrass my parents. I ended up going from the bench to starter on the B squad and sometime starter on the A squad. Still didn't change my self image, just re-enforced that I would not trust anyone, do my own thinking and just please myself since I couldn't please others.
    To this day, I cannot see myself as others see me. Yet I can look at a size 25,26, 27 or 28 pants and tell you which size I wear. This makes me laugh as I have and wear all the mentioned sizes in my closet. What I do know about myself is that I love to learn, develop habits easily and am consistent and goal oriented.

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