#body struggles

[dragonfly0808]

Something a Bit More Personal than Usual

So, I know I don’t get personal very often but lately I’ve been struggling a bit with something.

TW: If you don’t like talks about weight or body image (nothing ED realted just… skinny struggles).

So… I’ve always been skinny. When I was a toddler my family told me all the time that I was just skin and bones (my grandad used to joke a lot that I had ‘straw legs’.)

Tbh, I’ve never had problems with my weight or with food thankfully but lately… I have been struggling a bit.

I’ve always been underweight. Not to an unhealthy extent but it’s just the way my body works. No matter how I eat, I can’t really gain weight. And I have a very small appetite. (Which has actually gotten better like, my family used to get worry I never ate ‘enough’ despite rarely commenting on it and have told me they’re glad I’m eating more despite me not gaining any weight due to my increased appetite that some friends still think is under eating sometimes) Like, if I force myself to take two more bites once I’m full I feel like throwing up.

And lately… I guess I’ve been thinking a bit about my weight. Mostly cause I’ve had a few incidents where I feel faint or weak either because I skip a meal cause I don’t have time or cause I don’t have the most nutricious meals, it got to the point in which I did have to leave a lab practice in the middle of the lesson (I now make sure to try and have at least a small breakfast and a snack at school since I’ve found that’s what works best for me and my body).

Now, I don’t think I’m unnaturally skinny. Like, you can’t see my ribs or anything like that. It’s mostly my arms and my calfs since I do have slightly big thighs.

But lately it has been getting to me just a little bit.

Like, my jeans are always loose around my calfs and certain shirts just, don’t look the best cause the fabric hangs around my upper arms in a way I don’t love.

I don’t always like my pointy elbows/ankles and the way my clavicles show.

I don’t know… I guess I might just be having a bad month.

Cause, I don’t want to gain weight, mostly I just want to eat better and healthier so I don’t feel faint if I happen to skip one meal for whatever reason and if that leads me to gain a pound or two then oh well.

I don’t know, I guess I just wanted to get that off of my chest.

#skinny #skinny struggles #bodypositivity #body struggles #body image #getting stuff off my chest #anxiety

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[usedtobeafreesoul]

I stare at my reflection,

As if I can't recognise the person in there.

Her face is full of rejection,

From the people that she cares about.

She looked a little too far,

Just because of flaws, picked up cigars.

Didn't know how to let go,

But they said that's how it goes.

#im not ok im not ok im not ok #im trying #bodypositivity #body image #body struggles #struggle #sad writing #writing #mental health #mental health awareness #Spotify

[smolincubusbf]

I have a eating disorder, I struggle with daily but I would never promote it. I may talk about it in a sense of the emotions that come with it, but I don't encourage it. I don't glamorize it and it's not beautiful special unique or quirky or edgy. It's a horrible disease that took away my teens and half my twenties. One minute it was 2011 and I was a depressed anxious teen with depression,anorexia, and an addictive personality. Now it's 2022 and I'm an adult trying desperately to recover from years of self neglect and untreated mental health problems. Anorexia and mental illness and my addictive personality stole my life. It stole my life destroyed my life. Burned bridges and captured my happiness leaving nothing darkness and pain. There was nothing glamorous about it. And no matter how skinny I got I was still sad still ugly in my eyes. There was times when I got well and my weight became healthy and my energy returned. My glow came back and I'd eat with ease. The sun would shine brighter. And suddenly life was about soul instead of body. So when I relapse i remember the beauty of recovery and I desperately try each day to aspire towards taking baby steps back to recovery. Because happiness is worth it. It's a struggle though. Every day is such a struggle to eat to exist.

#eating disoder recovery #anorexia recovery #body dysmorphia #ftm #trans #11:11 wish #anorexxia #body struggles #skynnny #skynni boy #personal #thin #dangers of diet culture #pro recovery #recovery is beautiful #trans struggles #trans struggle with eating disorders

[pcktknife]

that damn chicken

#myart #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi spoilers #falin touden #everytime i draw chimera fal i think about the kid i knew in like 3rd grade who was obsessed with drawing dragons and how if maybe if i too #some notes i wouldnt struggle so bad with drawing the body so connor colin whatever ur name was shoutout to u dude #dungeon meshi spoilers

[chronicalchronicles]

One of the things many people will never understand is how much your body can change in a short period of time. And how hard can it be. Especially with the stigma around weight and other properties that for many people would be a sign, that you're "not taking care of yourself." I've been changing weight for years (sometimes losing, but mostly gaining), and I've been called fat almost all the time. I've gained so much more weight since I was called fat for the first time. And all the time, it was all blamed on me, even by doctors, no matter what I'd do. As if they were forgetting all these meds they prescribed me and all these illnesses they diagnosed me with - "weight maintenance" - somehow is still my responsibility. I've developed a terrible fear of medical professionals because each time I go to the doctor, I hear how I should lose weight. I'm excercising regularly, my diet is quite decent, I'm pretty fucking sure that all these steroids you pack my body with are not helping. And all these hormonal changes. But I don't say it out loud, I just nod my head and keep quiet, because if I only open my mouth to try and defend myself, I know I'll burst into crying that I won't be able to stop. Every day, I look into the mirror and try to soothe myself, try to love my body no matter what, because it's the only one I have. But at the same time, I'm aware of how people see me, and I can't change that. I don't even care about losing weight anymore, I just hope it stops changing. I pray for being able to get used to my body in its shape, I pray for not having to exchange the whole wardrobe every couple of months, I pray into the void, I don't think anyone is listening anyway. Recently, I developed stretch marks in new places - it's not even weight gain anymore, it's hormones. My body is covered with stripes pretty much everywhere below my neck. I am ashamed to get naked, I'm wondering how my boyfriend doesn't seem to notice them. Doesn't he care, or is he just nice? I'm afraid to ask. I wouldn't get naked in front of any other potential sexual partner now, I just can't, even though I know that my value isn't defined by that and stretch marks are normal. Well, mine aren't really "normal". I'm used to having them since I was a teenager, but I haven't gotten used to this new pattern yet. The cracks in my skin are like cracks in my soul, making me so vulnerable to the outside. If I don't ever get better, could I at least not keep getting worse?

#weight gain #weight #fatness #chronic disability #chronic illness #stretch marks #bodypositivity #body struggles #eating disorder #stigma #weight stigma

[sirwolficus]

what are you FED. what are your GENES

#STRUGGLED to draw raphs body how did the animators do this #my art #tmnt 2012 #tmnt 2018 #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt crossover #tmnt raph #tmnt 2012 raph #tmnt 2012 leo #tmnt leo #tmnt 2018 raph #rottmnt raph

[catversary]

I think one of the main hurdles to being body neutral is the inability to find clothes that fit. Now I definitely don't have the struggles that others have. I'm a size Medium - XL depending on the brand, and a size 12-14 in US pants, so I can surely find clothes in "my size" just fine. The issue I have is the optimal range of bust-waist-hip ratio that I very awkwardly fit in. Most clothing has the closest measurements to mine as 38-34-40 inches. My measurements are *juuuust* a few inches give or take. It is mostly frustrating to deal with the fact that I carry my weight in my stomach. I love my stomach. I love how soft and curvy my midsection is, and I acknowledge that my stomach will expand a little after a meal! What I don't love is how most clothing hugs me very tight around the middle and gives me stomach cramps and makes me feel like shit about my body. I've been clothes shopping more recently and it sucks to be discouraged. I've more than a few times really thought that I should lose weight for the express purpose of losing a few inches off my stomach so I could fit into a manufactured, arbitrarily standardized "size" of clothing. I'm more and more drawn towards tailored clothing, or even clothing made to be adjustable (ex. wrap skirts) and tailored clothing (which I cannot afford at the moment but would love a few bespoke pieces in the near future).

#body struggles #body image #body neutral #maybe tmi #personal #clothing #complaining about the loss of individualized crafting #i hate factory sizes #i hate standardized anything #people arent standard sizes #there is no such thing as an average person

[its-tortle]

i don't know who needs to hear this, but you're allowed to gain weight in your twenties. you are a grown ass adult now. your body can and should not be the same as it was at seventeen. allow it to grow along with you <3

#i know i struggle with it #but its silly to #body positivity #body neutrality

[dovewingkinnie]

sew the mouth of your zombie wife shut, now she can't bite you

#oc #oc art #when characters do unhinged things for their lovers #good food #might be absolutely traumatizing to sew your wifes mouth shut #as her undead body struggles beneath you #you dont know if she can feel pain #you dont know if she can even feel #but you promised to love her no matter what happened to her #so you have to go through with it #thats how love is!! #tw horror #no idea what 2 tag this with #tw blood

[vvienne]

knowing what we now do about pal's ideas about the permeability of souls casts this interaction in a fun new light

#locked tomb #tlt #kiriona gaia #the locked tomb #the unwanted guest #nona the ninth #i remember recently after nona there were theories going around abt why kiriona is Like That #i think this could lend some credibility to the one which suggests that griddlehark are possibly more enmeshed and mixed up than we know .. #also notable that possibly pal's reaction is so strong bc he just had his convo w ianthe in the struggle for babs' body?

[chitinleg]

got him off-balance!

#my art #ds9 #star trek deep space nine #julian bashir #elim garak #garashir #watercolor #image desc in alt text #i normally post on mondays but. today im breaking my pattern! getting a little silly. getting a little wild. garashir jumpscare #“tumblr user chitinleg garak would neot easily let himself be swooped off his feet into a hug like that” yes i know BUT! #look at his expression. look at how his arms r pinned. he didnt let this happen LMAO julian just surprised him. grabby huggy human behavior #if you look really closely you can see the tiniest frown in the world on Garak's face. because he's like “EEP !” #cant see bashirs face at all in this only his body but i think we can all imagine that whatevers going thru his head. he needs this hug bad #ALSO. for anyone wondering what the fucked up shadow is that starts at the juncture of the teal sleeve-cap where its set into the armhole #the jumpsuits have a bit of a fold of extra fabric (called an Action Pleat) there which allows for a little more maneuverability of the bod #AND creates a really sleek and flat back panel #because you can see the fabric twists along the side arent grabbing the flat back fabric theyre grabbing the fabric folded beneath it #often times i think about drawing out a dissection of kiras first uniform and this voy era one for other artists to use. bc god knows #i struggled at first to find full body references #they like to shoot ds9 very close to peoples heads. and the camera is so blurry. they smeared butter on that thing. god bless

[crunchchute]

sweet valentines

#oops its these two again #this was a struggle but what did i expect drawing at 2am with 0 energy left in my body #crunchchute art #my art #stobotnik #sonic #sonic movie #*turns them into cute long legged creatures* #<- OPs tags #valentines day

[isjasz]

Managed to sketch some more grian of the crowley variety while watching

have the guy

#grian #isdoodles #the guy ever im trying so hard to get crowleys body language it is a STRUGGLE LMAO #happy halloween again bonus doodle!! :3 #trafficblr #hermitblr #hermit gomens