Is it normal to think this way about my appearance?

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Ever since I can remember, I've always been self conscious about my weight. I was skinny, but I always considered myself fat. I look at myself and see only all the "fat" parts about me, no matter how skinny people said I was. But now that I've put on some weight, I can see now through pictures that I was so skinny! And no matter what, skinny or chubby, I see myself as fat. But I don't have an eating disorder, but could this be considered like a mind disorder or something? Does anyone else have this problem? Is this normal? Help please!!

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  • firefly88
    12 years ago

    Fatty

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  • BfingIToucher
    12 years ago

    Having a distorted body image is certainly not uncommon. Young people especially are bombarded with images of what "perfect" should be, and they are unrealistic and damaging. But this is no breaking news. We are a culture obsessed with outward appearances. And as I get older, I realize how much time is wasted on superficial things. Take that time that you're spending examining before and after pictures, and wondering whether you see your weight realistically, and do something else that makes you feel great about who you are on the inside.

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  • KokoroComplex
    12 years ago

    I think I'm a little on the chubby side, too- but not really fat.

    But my friends are like, "how do you stay so thin!?"

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    An eating dissorder is a mental dissorder, so I'm told.

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