Body image self-assessment quiz

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  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
    You have scored 26 points.

    A score at this level indicates that you lack confidence in your appearance and your self-confidence is shaky. .


    Like I didn't know this after 43 years of life.
  • doubleduofa
    doubleduofa Posts: 284 Member
    58.
  • squishyjenn
    squishyjenn Posts: 245 Member
    53
  • Erica_theRedhead
    Erica_theRedhead Posts: 724 Member
    22...which is suprising. I think that if I took this only 6 months ago it'd be way over 40. Not there yet, but it's nice to feel like I'm moving in the right direction.

    I tried that "self affirmation" and putting myself in uncomfortable situtations and faked it. Finally in the last few weeks, I've felt people respond to what I'm putting out there. It takes time, but it's nice to feel comfortable in my skin for the first time in awhile.

    Everyone here is beautiful...keep up all of your amazing work!
  • toritoriprind
    toritoriprind Posts: 60 Member
    53. Eek.
  • FaerieCae
    FaerieCae Posts: 437 Member
    Bump for later
  • herstrawberri
    herstrawberri Posts: 347 Member
    76. enough said. =(
  • eggsmilkbread
    eggsmilkbread Posts: 184 Member
    I scored 29... I'm struggling and trying so hard to improve my self confidence and I WILL be confident and outwards one day. :flowerforyou: We all can.
  • thecakelocker
    thecakelocker Posts: 407 Member
    6. I'm sure if I took this a year ago I'd be 100. :p
  • MissFit0101
    MissFit0101 Posts: 2,382
    19
  • sandi117
    sandi117 Posts: 445 Member
    31. Thing is I already know I have a poor body image, so I'm taking steps to improve it. It has definitely gotten better, especially since I started working as a swim instructor last April. (Wearing a swimsuit as our work uniform, I kind have no choice but to face any self-consciousness I have.)
  • toaster6
    toaster6 Posts: 703 Member
    15. Not bad-- I'm crediting getting some muscles from lifting with that. And having a boyfriend that works relentlessly to up my body image. I'm sure it would've been higher a few years ago.
  • anaduffy
    anaduffy Posts: 74
    I got a six but since I'm slightly conceded I'm not surprised
  • niemannre
    niemannre Posts: 11 Member
    You have scored 36 points.

    It'll be better next time. =)
  • ItsCasey
    ItsCasey Posts: 4,021 Member
    I scored an 18, and it started off telling me I live comfortably in my body most of the time. Then it wrapped up by telling me I might need professional help to deal with my body image issues. What a crock.
  • blackcloud13
    blackcloud13 Posts: 654 Member
    13. Is that good or bad (which way is up?)
  • danni_l
    danni_l Posts: 144 Member
    48, not that surprising really. Ongoing issues with BDD and EDs, in recovery now and I think Im much better than I used to be, obviously still a long way to go though....
  • ClassicStyles
    ClassicStyles Posts: 49
    Well of course it put my number above 40. I am thoroughly unhappy with my appearance because I am 75 lbs overweight and I do not want to stay this way. Does this make me dimorphic? Hell no. It makes me aware of my physical appearance and my health and that I need to do something about it. Unhappy does not make me dimorphic. Uncomfortable does not make me dimorphic. I am 75 lbs overweight.. I should be uncomfortable. Jeeze, those tests are bloody awful.
  • Sqeekyjojo
    Sqeekyjojo Posts: 704 Member
    Told me I had BDD.

    Nope. That's bull - I know this because, when I look in the mirror, I see a fat woman looking back at me.



    Which is why I'm here in the first place.
  • AllyCatXandi
    AllyCatXandi Posts: 329 Member
    27...so basically, not that great xP
  • tepala21
    tepala21 Posts: 17
    25... was expecting higher actually ;)

    Too true... "You are likely to be spending quite a lot of time either trying to change your shape and weight, or trying to avoid doing quite a lot of things, or beating yourself up in some way. This behaviour will make life feel like a battleground and reinforce the bad feelings you already have about yourself."
  • jerknoir
    jerknoir Posts: 96 Member
    53, woWE REALLY? I'm aT RISK for developing an eating disorder? Nyerk, six years late chump. And I've had a lot of strange advice given to me but sniffing a baby's hair is just weird.
  • ScatteredThoughts
    ScatteredThoughts Posts: 3,562 Member
    15. Maybe I am just getting too old to care as much as I might have years ago.

    :laugh:
  • oregonzoo
    oregonzoo Posts: 4,251 Member
    15. Maybe I am just getting too old to care as much as I might have years ago.

    :laugh:
    I'd be really interested to go and look at the mens scores vs the womens. If I wasn't so tired.

    My guess would be for the most part the mens scores are better.
  • tepala21
    tepala21 Posts: 17
    15. Maybe I am just getting too old to care as much as I might have years ago.

    :laugh:
    I'd be really interested to go and look at the mens scores vs the womens. If I wasn't so tired.

    My guess would be for the most part the mens scores are better.

    I would have to agree with you there... we're our own worst critics that's for sure!
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    If somebody doesn't want to date me, hire me or make fun of me for how I look, that would make them a jerk in my eyes -- it wouldn't make me think "hmmm, I need to change so I can be accepted.

    Interesting. To walk through life believing that, no matter what, one's own appearance is fine and society at large has a problem for not agreeing...seems like a form of denial to me. But it sounds like a cozy place to live and I kind of envy you for getting there. I just don't think I could ever accomplish the mental gymnastics that it would take for me to say, and truly believe, "The 95% of the population who don't want to date me, hire me or even hold the damn door for me are just jerks! They're the ones with the problem, not me for being fat! I don't need to change a thing!". That's just refusing to take responsibility for one's own life to me.

    I couldn't do the mental gymnastics it takes to honestly believe that 95% of people think those who are overweight or obese are scum of the Earth and not worth the time of day. Or that those who do judge ANYONE negatively based on looks alone aren't total jerks. Or believe that I deserve to be treated poorly because I am overweight. Or that being happy and confident with my physical appearance is somehow refusing to be responsible. In particular in light of the fact that I've maintained a substantial weight loss (which what prompted by health and fitness concerns) for 8 years.

    But you go ahead and think you're right and that my way of thinking leads to people being oblivious to how terrible their lives are. Take me for instance, I own two businesses, have worked with a fair number of notable sports and news personalities to raise money for charities, have a lovely family, a handful of close, wonderful friends and I life I wouldn't trade anyone for. It totally sounds like the extra 20 pounds I carry now and the extra 50-60 I carried years ago has totally impeded the progress and happiness of my life.

    OH WAIT.
  • trdepalo
    trdepalo Posts: 106
    63. Nothing I didn't know.
  • lexus2134
    lexus2134 Posts: 21 Member
    Suprised by 30. Seems a bit low for me..
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    57

    I don't think it's "body dimorphic disorder" if you see how your body how it actually is and don't like it.

    If i was thinner and saw my body as fat, wouldn't THAT be BDD?
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    If somebody doesn't want to date me, hire me or make fun of me for how I look, that would make them a jerk in my eyes -- it wouldn't make me think "hmmm, I need to change so I can be accepted.

    Interesting. To walk through life believing that, no matter what, one's own appearance is fine and society at large has a problem for not agreeing...seems like a form of denial to me. But it sounds like a cozy place to live and I kind of envy you for getting there. I just don't think I could ever accomplish the mental gymnastics that it would take for me to say, and truly believe, "The 95% of the population who don't want to date me, hire me or even hold the damn door for me are just jerks! They're the ones with the problem, not me for being fat! I don't need to change a thing!". That's just refusing to take responsibility for one's own life to me.

    I couldn't do the mental gymnastics it takes to honestly believe that 95% of people think those who are overweight or obese are scum of the Earth and not worth the time of day. Or that those who do judge ANYONE negatively based on looks alone aren't total jerks. Or believe that I deserve to be treated poorly because I am overweight. Or that being happy and confident with my physical appearance is somehow refusing to be responsible. In particular in light of the fact that I've maintained a substantial weight loss (which what prompted by health and fitness concerns) for 8 years.

    But you go ahead and think you're right and that my way of thinking leads to people being oblivious to how terrible their lives are. Take me for instance, I own two businesses, have worked with a fair number of notable sports and news personalities to raise money for charities, have a lovely family, a handful of close, wonderful friends and I life I wouldn't trade anyone for. It totally sounds like the extra 20 pounds I carry now and the extra 50-60 I carried years ago has totally impeded the progress and happiness of my life.

    OH WAIT.

    Did you know that I love you. You're the best.

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