"Body Image Issues" - Page 16

angleangel_doom · 11-13-2005, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by GoThiC_GurL

Well I was once really skinny like in grade 5 then all of a sudden i started gaining lots and lots of weight. In grade 7 i weighed 140 pounds. I was only 5'4 so that is overweight. Then i gained more and more weight and now i weight 196 pounds and im 14 and 5'7. I have tryed losing weight but i never really seems to work. I have cut down on my eating alot and i have started running and stuff but the most i have lost so far is 10 pound and then i gained it back then lost it again. At one point i weighed 215 pounds. Which is not heathly for my height and age. But the reason i gained weight is because i was put on these pills for depression and they just sky-rocketed my weight. Im glad this is a whining thing because this kinda sounds like whining.

Heres a tip:
STOP TAKING THE DEPRESSION PILLS, 90% OF THEM DON'T WORK!!!
I know what I am talking about because one of my good friends' father is a phsychiatrist for a hospital.
There are better methods for "depression."

GoThiC_GurL · 11-13-2005, 04:37 PM

yea i know i stopped taking them they were really stupid.

Tall One In Black · 11-13-2005, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by angleangel_doom

Heres a tip:
STOP TAKING THE DEPRESSION PILLS, 90% OF THEM DON'T WORK!!!
I know what I am talking about because one of my good friends' father is a phsychiatrist for a hospital.
There are better methods for "depression."

You know what you're talking about because your friend's father is a psychiatrist? Well, my friend's cousin is a CPA, so I'll be happy to answer all your tax questions.

Unless you're a doctor, therapist, or someone with personal experience with depression, I suggest you refrain from mouthing off about it. You have NO IDEA what you're talking about.

The Minister Saint-Fond · 11-13-2005, 05:24 PM

I agree whole heartedly. I know plenty of people who have taken medication for depression and it's turned their life around. I certainly wouldn't tell anyone what to do, but I can say that, even if the effect is only psychosomatic, some people really benefit from them.

A person's medical choices should probably be between them and their doctor.

OnixxFilth · 11-14-2005, 02:14 PM

Yes, definitely don't stop taking any meds unless your doctor says so! My boyfriend didn't used to believe me that my pills actually helped me until one day I forgot to take them and started freaking out on him. That's ONE way to convince someone that they're necessary!

readmycomics · 11-14-2005, 02:16 PM

I feel as though my image is perfect. Narcisis has nothing on how great I know I look.

Also as far as relationships go, I tend to go for vanity. If someone has a great personality I'm generally just friends, but if their beautiful I feel I have to degrade them somehow with my evil.

flawed-mentality · 11-14-2005, 07:16 PM

Readmycomics do make your own comics.I'm curious on how well an over abundance of confedence works . I wouldn't know thats like.I wish you pleasent daz and wild nights.

OnixxFilth · 11-15-2005, 10:14 AM

Readmycomics, why don't you just get over yourself? I hate to burst your bubble, but you are NOT and NEVER WILL BE perfect. No one is.

OnixxFilth · 11-16-2005, 08:39 AM

Hehe, Santarea, I think you're right!

TeapotScar · 11-16-2005, 04:03 PM

Oh, say, the fact that you're introducing yourself in some random thread, instead of the Introduce Yourself thread. The fact that you joined this website *just* for the "Body Issues" thread... the fact that you sound like a complete retard. If you want to join an ED forum, try http://www.somethingfishy.org/online/bulletinboard.php . Later.

GoThiC_GurL · 11-16-2005, 04:29 PM

well i was told to stop them because they werent working thats why i dont take them anymore. just so everyone knows.

OnixxFilth · 11-17-2005, 05:34 AM

Question, Neutral- are you a goth? Otherwise, what are you doing here?

Tall One In Black · 11-17-2005, 01:32 PM

1) I have a chip on my shoulder the size of a Honda and I'm just itching for someone to knock it off.
2) I am hypersensitive and will insult anyone and everyone to make me feel better about myself.
3) I will contradict everything you say in the most offensive way possible.
4) I like to number my thoughts so that I can keep score on the insults. That way, I'll know for sure that I'm winning.

Uh, what comes after 4?

OnixxFilth · 11-18-2005, 10:06 AM

Well, okay, Tall One, but if you didn't want our help, why did you post on here? Most people on this thread are looking for some kind of support/help.

Tall One In Black · 11-18-2005, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by OnixxFilth

Well, okay, Tall One, but if you didn't want our help, why did you post on here? Most people on this thread are looking for some kind of support/help.

I assume you're talking about my post with the numbered statements? I was replying to two posts that have apparently been removed.

Why did I post here? I posted in response to other posts. This thread isn't just for people who are looking for help, it's also for people responding to those looking for help.

OnixxFilth · 11-18-2005, 10:37 AM

Huh, well that clears up some confusion. Didn't mean to offend or anything.

Tall One In Black · 11-18-2005, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by OnixxFilth

Huh, well that clears up some confusion. Didn't mean to offend or anything.

It was unfortunate that I didn't quote the original writer to whom I was responding... because now it looks like I'm enumerating my faults. :P

I certainly have faults - more than just four! - but thankfully I'm not the immature brat that list describes.

No offense taken.

Agwani · 11-20-2005, 09:22 PM

I don’t know exactly how to express I feel about my body. This rambling is the best I can do:

I am beautiful
I love my body

But my opinion about myself doesn’t mean a damn thing.

Because ultimately, when it comes to the mating game, what I care about is what others think of me.

…

I am not perfect.

I have an insane over-bite and rather crooked teeth.
I have no ass.
My knees are futt-bugly.
I have loads of stretch marks
My boobs no longer defy gravity.
I always have acne.
I have huge bags under my eyes.

But when I want to, I can walk into a room and act like the hotest piece of ass you’ve ever seen.

And you’ll believe me.

…

Body image is such a peculiar thing. I can love and hate myself at the same time.

I model. Even was published in a nationally distributed magazine once (that sounds WAY more impressive than it is). I post my photos and folks tell me I’m ‘damn fine’.

But, in those photos, you don’t see my teeth, my knees are bent, my breasts are beautifully supported, and my skin is pale and flawless with layers of make up. The lighting hides my stretch marks and the bags. And when I’m naked, you don’t notice that I have no ass.

Those photos of me are the ‘perfect me’, if there is such a thing. And though I am happy to see that it’s me in that image, I am sad that I’m not that image all the time.

OnixxFilth · 11-21-2005, 01:11 PM

That's why I like those Dove ads that some critics are tearing down just because they show real women with real body shapes. Most photos in mags are airbrushed to perfection. One critic of the ads said something like,"We want to see the beautiful people." I felt like screaming at him,"Your beautiful people don't exist in reality! Their photos are touched up, or they've had plastic surgery- it's all an illusion!"

Agwani · 11-21-2005, 06:46 PM

Onixx, people were actually complaining about that?

I thought their campaign was wonderful.

How sad.

OnixxFilth · 11-22-2005, 06:03 AM

Yeah, lots of Hollywood types and critics- media people and such. I know, it IS sad.

OnixxFilth · 11-22-2005, 10:11 AM

Damn right they're not!

1TOOMANY · 12-13-2005, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by TStone

HA! I may have to use that size descriptior next time I'm shopping for the sexy clothes!

*Holds stringy garment upto Victoria Secret sales rep*

"You're about the same size, you're fucking hot-ass pussy, aren't you?"

Yo, how did i miss this one!!!!!!!!! T-Stone LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AHAHAHAHAHA

crimsonmoon · 12-14-2005, 03:38 PM

i seriously didnt have body issues until year6 which was when all the popular girls started reading these beauty magazines and started calling me fat and thinking paris hilton is beautiful.why do they make these magazines?

TeapotScar · 12-14-2005, 05:05 PM

Those magazines... People want to feel bad about themselves, people want reasons why they haven't found the perfect man, why people aren't drooling all over them, or why the boy in math class circled "No" when they sent them one of those "Do you like me, circle one" notes. The market for people looking to obsess over their body is incredible.

The line between self-improvement and self-hate is sincerely blurred. But thinking about it, the magazines are responding to the market increase, so who is it we have to blame? Ourselves? Each other? It's a tricky subject.