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TW (Suicidal thoughts, body image) I’m fucking useless (unhinged ramble)
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But anyway, things feel hopeless right now but that doesn’t mean things won’t ever get better. You’re not worthless. Nobody is worthless.
People at the gym are probably more bothered about themselves - how they look, etc. And i dont know what you do for work but I don’t think they care that much about your appearance. I don’t think anyone’s really truly ugly anyway.
I know it might not feel true, but I think people see you in a much better light than you see yourself.
What do you mean when you say you’re doing everything wrong trying to fix your body? What are you trying to fix? It doesnt make you useless if it’s not working though.
There’s so much more to being a woman than being sexually appealing. You should go to the gym for yourself, not for anybody else and definitely not for ‘men’ in general. A man should appreciate you as you are.
I'm just checking in to see how you are doing. Thank you so much for sharing that with us, it was really brave of you to be so open about what is going on for you at the moment.
I'm hearing that you are feeling a lot of pressure from yourself, and from society, about how you should look, and its having a big affect on your body image. It's sounding like this is bringing up emotions of frustration and impacting your self worth. This seems serious and we are hear to listen to you, and support you. You are right, there are really high and unreasonable expectations on women's beauty - it can feel so all-consuming to constantly be chasing after that. Your feelings in this are so valid. I just wanted to echo what Toe was saying, that a lot of the time, people are more concerned about themselves, than about how you look. I'm curious to know how this makes you feel?
I also am hearing a lot of serious sounding emotions about your self worth at the moment, how are you feeling now? I wanted to let you know that you are not worthless or useless. We are all so proud of you here at the Mix and always here to support you.
Take care.