Published on 12, July, 2020
https://kirstenlindsmith.wordpress.com/2018/08/27/body-image-and-autism/
Please see attached its an article about body image and ASC. i have a terrible body image always have but espescially my face apparently its quite common for body dysmorphia and ASDs to occur together. I'm actually following on from what trainspotter said in his thread about not liking to look in the mirror.
Any thoughts, experiences?
speak to keala settle about that mouse infestation.... lol
jeggings more so :-)
Anyone who hasn't seen the 'Greatest showman', or listened to the track, I've posted it on Kitsuns Easter thread. I'ts so beautiful and makes me think I need to just accept myself the way I look warts and all... Its a real feel good song, and the show is amazing!
I don't know, I don't want to be controversial but do think your post deserves a reply. I wore a chaddour when I lived in Iran and it's really nice as an AS person to 'disappear' in public - but then again I don't like to be obliged to wear a garment that pins me to a particular gender. I also don't like the assumption (shared with Catholicism) that women are responsible for the sexual morality of men. On the other hand, I agree with you that pushing women to conform to a barely attainable body shape in skimpy clothing is a terrible pressure and women should have something better to do than obsess about clothes and makeup. And these contradictions will stand until we achieve gender equality (or better still get rid of it altogether).
Yeah
Im a woman who dons the hijab
And theres this 'hijabista' like modern phenomena where shes like u know be like wearing tonnes of makeup ,supercurves showin all over the place ,shes probably stick -legs too in those tight jeans
And obviously i just cant live up to that look
You know?
Partly cuz well i dont look much (or say even close) to that image-no matter how hard i try to
And partly, cuz that hijab phenomana doesnt realy go with our religion ,actually. Like muslims KNOW that yeah its beautiful so yeah IF we luckily got the looks yeah we take that. But religious wise - our religion doesnt really approve of that "extravagance" so ...
its as bad as super skinny models making u feel like so bad about the way you look
Only
They have religion supposively
So its like
Damn ill never win.
So
As a musllim woman in my hijab i feel like when i put it on like.. im a hag or like some nasty old fat woman who just doesnt know her style
And people point it out
So i just wanna know
Like
I love me
My religion
Feeling bad about me cuza them- aint about me and whats wrong with me
It about them
And not letting them hurt you cuz of you
Anyone agree with me,Sarah?
@Trainspotter Hahaha yes, I can totally relate to that -especially if I catch sight of myself in a mirror unexpectedly - the image of myself as I am now is *really* alien. Be great to live fast and stay pretty without the dying young
Thank you Kitsun. This was three days ago so I trust you’re in a better head space now, but if not, I think we’re learning to not let them destroy us, which is good enough :)
I have often thought as to why I don't like looking in a mirror and why that person looking back seems remote and detached.
And I think it is a lot like the Picture of Dorian Gray.
I feel the same as I always have, inside that is. I am still as young as I was when I was fifteen. I want to do the same things. I feel the same things.
Yet even though, inwardly I haven't aged (in my mind's eye that is) that image in the mirror is aging. There are creases here and there, my hair has changed colour (from a rich 'orange' colour to a 'strawberry blond') and my body has changed shape. But I myself have not changed a bit! The change is all in the mirror, which should be hidden away in the attic. And the brutal truth would then also be hidden from me and I could carry on being the person I always was, unhindered by age.
BTW Chris Packham can have a root through me any day!
I thought that mouse was a little tiny pig lol
Must be us lot being a bad influence
Glad I've cheered you up. I'm not normally like this I think somebody spiked my tea either that or its the company I've been keeping. lol
have to do my bit for wildlife conservation
i love it see and giving wildlife a home, I wonder if Chris Packham would like to have a root through a few mens beards, who knows what he might find?
Bookworm you are very naughty but I like it
This is my new look
This thread has cheered me up today, the latter part of the thread anyway. I was still feeling stressy earlier but this has made me laugh. Thank you
If you turned my face upside down my eyebrows could make a beard . . .
Joggers are a great way to live - leggings even better
Are there and women here today?
no (falsetto)
no (baritone)
Whilst all wearing fake beards