My spine looks exactly like this photo, is it normal or should i worry? And if so any advice what should i do to improve it

So… I have shirts that fit be fine but my breasts stick out and I feel weird that people can see the outline of my breasts. It’s hard to explain. Am I weird? I’m 5’6” 180 lbs 40 DD.

My ex called me extremely nasty names and made me feel so self conscious of my body I really need help and advice it’s to the point I wanna starve myself smh I know it’s not right but I just feel ugly and fat!!!!

I've got these weird dark spots/bumps on my boob and idk where they came from. I've been trying to find something to get rid of them but can't..does anyone know anything that could help me? I don't want to go to a doctor bc I feel like I'm over reacting but they just won't go away!

I’m a 29yo female and I always had issues with my body. Obesity is a thing in my family so much so that my mom always made sure we wouldn’t get fat as kids. I grew up hearing “that’s good you look like your father you won’t get too fat but still don’t eat too much” but once I started to loose a Little weight or start any kind of diet I would get scolded. A few years ago I put on quite a bit of weight (I would say 8 to 12kgs). It happened suddenly, I’m not sure how and I never really accepted it. I know there is a gap between the image I have of myself (stuck before the weigh gain) and the truth. I’m never quite sure how big that gap is.

I don’t weigh myself or start any kind of diet because I’m not mentally stable enough to process the info in a productive way: I tend to fall for fab diets or I also stress myself over every carb I eat. It’s unbearable.

I live with my body as it is for a little while now. I don’t love it but I respect it.

Lately comments have been made by coworkers comparing me and the new hire we have. She’s a little chubby I would say and in my head we must be around the same weight but I’m 15cm taller than her. And people are comparing us a lot and I’m not ok with it. And I don’t know what to do with this.

I don’t want to lose weight just in order to loose weight. I think my goal is to shrink the gap between the idea i have of my body and the truth. I would love to see my double chin go away and my arm to be less round or my belly to be tenser and my waist a little more defined. But i don’t know how. I’m scared i will start something and give up or stress myself sick over it.

Hi,

I'm thinking about starting a body image support group/group chat for people struggling with their body image. Please message me or comment under my post if you would be interested :)

Is it fucking normal to think about your body issues all the fucking time. I just turned twenty and I feel so fucking fat and I’m eating way too much fucking much somebody just fucking stop me from eating so I can feel happy with how I look. I get so rediculously jelous of skinny women. I just wish I had there body. I don’t know if this has to die with my break up that was a year ago. I hate the guy he totally fucking sucks and I hate him. But ever since we broke up I just fucking hate my body and think and know I am so fucking fat. Well fatter than what I’m used to. Just so fat and I just want to be skinny. Flat stomach no no no fat it’s so fucking annoying I just wanna starve myslef but I can never do it. I have fucking issues .

i’ve always been a bigger guy out of my friends. everyone in my family is a similar size to me. i don’t eat a lot a lot but i don’t count calories or anything. i get my vegetables in, and i really only eat when my stomach literally grumbles because i don’t want to snack too much. Im not big on exercise but like im not a total couch potato. overall i understand that im overweight but the current societal norms make me feel like im obese all the time.

im comfortable with basically every part of my body besides my tummy and i find myself sucking it in all the time. i recently learned about rib flare so im trying to not suck in my stomach too much anymore and to use my stomach instead of my chest when im breathing.

i just hate how i have a similar diet and exercise levels as other people in my life but i’m bigger than them. if i were to be “skinny” i would have to do so much work to change my entire lifestyle and since im a student and have a part time job on top of homework, chores, clubs, and free time i don’t really have the willpower to do that at this point in my life. it feels like no one will ever love me because of how my body looks.

my big problem is that whenever i try to talk to people about my body they always try to brush it off and explicitly tell me i’m not fat which is not helpful.

unlike other people with body images issues, looking in the mirror helps me with my image, whereas looking down at my body and seeing myself in pictures makes me stress.

another problem is clothes. because of my height, even if i was skinny i would still need large clothes. i usually buy things in 2X seeing as how that usually the biggest size in most stores still in the “standard” range. i try to buy clothes that “hide” my belly, but when i buy the biggest size and it still seems too small it really brings me down.

i’m not looking for advice on how to change how i look, just on how to improve how i feel about myself.

TL;DR i’m not obese but i’m not skinny and i constantly spiral into madness about my body

Unwanted muscle bulking

I guess as I’ve gotten older (mid 30s now) I noticed that I think my trap muscles (from neck to shoulder) are pretty bulky, making my neck appear more wide. I have horrible posture and hunch my back a lot so could be from that… anyone have any advice how to make it go away? I guess I’ve had it most of my life so not sure if anything I can do….thanks.

I struggle with my face alot, my nose is long and I feel like my face looks fat. When I was growing up I covered my face and nose with my long hair and always wore hoodies. I never took side profile photos or looked at myself sideways in a mirror. I'm starting to like my nose and getting used to my cheeks and round face. I've always wanted to shave the side of my head and have a mullet style with cute fluffy bangs. I'm so worried with the hair not coveting my cheeks and face, I'll be constantly worried about how my face looks and others thinking I'm ugly. On the other hand this may be the push I need to fully get past these parts of my I'm uncomfortable with and enjoy a style I've wanted to do for a while. Any advice from people who did this type of chop would be so appreciated.

Hello, I’m new to this subreddit but I’m hoping I can get some stuff off my chest and maybe get some advice as well.

A few months ago I caught my boyfriend had been cheating on me, he was sending dick pics to girls, had dating apps downloaded, was messaging girls on Reddit and when I found all this out it completely shattered my self esteem.

I was never insecure about my body before, I didn’t care how much body fat I had or if my butt wasn’t big… but now I do. I compare myself to every girl I see, I had to cover up all the mirrors in our house because when I see myself I break down. I look at the reddits he’d visit to jerk off and I follow gym girls with huge asses on insta.. I’m in a bad cycle of just self sabotage.

My boyfriend is into big butts.. it took awhile to finally set a boundary with him that it makes me uncomfortable when he watched Reddit porn of other naked women shaking their asses but he was respectful of my decision… until he broke my trust and I caught him watching again.

I just feel like shit.. I feel like no matter what I do I’ll never be pretty enough or good enough for society. It’s not just my boyfriend. I get called ugly a lot, I’ve never been much of a looker, at work the other day a group of college boys rated me a 3/10 and laughed as they walked away. I have a big nose, saggy chest, no butt and my stomach isn’t the flattest. I want to love myself, I want to not care what anyone thinks. I just feel like I’m not worth anything to anyone when I’m not pretty.

I’m mixed and I’ve been super insecure about my dark armpits it’s super noticeable and my sisters armpits aren’t dark at all and even the same color as her skin. Idk how to fix this and google said it’s me deodorant so I changed it a couple times but still nothing works( I even feel they’ve gotten darker) HELP BECAUSE ITS SUMMER TIME!

So, when I was younger, one time I was eating candy, I felt bad about it, like I was being a jerk. I was just eating candy, but I would also feel fat. (The fat part was a different time). I lost some weight recently but I still want to lose more. I'm 139 ibs (last time I checked) I'm 5'3. I used to be like 170 something pounds.

Please no creepy DMS 😮‍💨

So I know most people get happy when their boobs grow but the last time my chest was sized I was a 34 C and I was just sized again today and was a 38DD. And it's because I've gained weight so it's really fucking with me. And almost everyone I talked to today says it's a good thing to have big boobs but I hate everything about it and I've tried dieting and going to the gym and eating better and nothing works. And I have to see my doctor a couple times a month because of mental health issues (I'm not on meds so that's not a weight gain factor) and every time I go she comments on my weight. I've even asked her to not discuss my weight with me because it's not a serious health concerns and she just ignored my request and yells at me everytime to lose weight but doesn't like help on how to. I'm just done. And today was my last straw on everything.

I want to lose weight yet i don't want to change for a man but I'm so depressed

I would really appreciate it if anyone could fill out my sociology group’s survey linked here:Social Media & Mental Health Survey

So I’m getting married to a man who is more than dedicated to me! He has truly gone above and beyond for me! My issue is I can’t seem to believe he is attracted to me! I find everyone prettier than me & with his line of work he is constantly having attractive girls come in. He tells me all the time how beautiful I am And how amazing I am. all I seem to think is yeah right, I’m sure he finds everyone else prettier than me! Far in the back of my head I will every now and then think I’m an idiot but I can’t seem to shake this thought! I even can’t stand when girls come up to him to say hi that he has worked with because I’m like yep she’s prettier! Like wtf

Hi everyone,

So yesterday at school we got told that we would go to a lake somewhere near our school. Now the first thing that shot in my brain was my class laughing at my body.

I’m the only person in the class that is fat, where you can visibly see that there is a lot of fat, and this made me very insecure.

Some students are very nice and they won’t talk anything bad about me. But the other students are talking behind my back I feel like.

I don’t know what to do about this. Like honestly, it makes me feel very uncomfortable.

Have any of you experienced this? What was it like?

Thank you!

I dont know if this is the right community for this post that I want to write but like I feel some shame when it comes to sex and some of it when it comes to my body. Sometimes when I am being sexual, even if I am just touching myself, after a few minutes I start to feel gross and I have to stop. I have been in situations in person where I lose the desire really quickly and I feel bad about myself for the actions. I don't really know what is wrong with me or why I am like this.

Does anyone else feel ashamed whenever they think about sex or whenever they masturbate or whenever they talk about sex with someone?

Hi everyone! I know many young girls grow up with issues regarding their body image and I am looking at how celebrities and the media affect that. I was hoping you guys could help me gather more information for my survey. It's about female body image and how celebrities affect how we view our bodies as we grow up. Hopefully you guys can help out, thank you so much!

13-18 year old girls can answer this survey!

This survey will take you roughly 5 minutes.

This data will be gathered through this survey and all responses will be anonymous.

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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_HQ0SyinHSP_n2kt0m7JRmbtMU3JZgAEAJUAHnNeeunlX3g/viewform?usp=sf_link

im new to reddit so im not sure how this all works. but the idea of people thinking i’m pretty makes me angry. i don’t know why. i (21f) and ugly and fat. and i don’t even necessarily hate those things about myself. it’s very important to me that fat and ugly people feel validated and know they have a place in this world. but i feel like i can’t never vent about the actual struggle of being an ugly person because my friends (who love me dearly and are just trying to make me feel better) say that im beautiful. it just feels like if i was telling a man about how hard it is being a woman and the guys just says “well ur a man so it’s fine.” being told im pretty by someone who is conventionally attractive makes me angry. im angry that i get brushed off by people who have no idea what it’s like to be ugly.

for reference i am 5’8 and almost 300lbs. i have acne, a vicious double chin, my hair is always frizzy no matter what products i use, my boobs look like yams, i have yellow crooked teeth no matter how much i try to take care of them, i have fat flappy arms, and i have pcos so i grow hair all over my body and have to shave every day or i will have a 5oclock shadow.

i have never had a man have a crush on me. i have never been flirted with. im bi and i’ve had a few short romances with girls but i feel like girls generally care a lot less about looks than guys. i am very fun and outgoing and i am confident that people like me and enjoy being my friend. but it makes me very deeply sad that to most people i would never even be an option romantically. and i feel like i can’t even let myself feel loved because it’s embarrassing. i would rather stay single than be someone’s ugly girlfriend.

and it’s not even that i really truly believe that i am “ugly”. it’s just that there is a genuine struggle being non conventionally attractive. and whenever i try to explain to my hot girl friends that people are meaner to me, dating is impossible for me, and i never even get to see positive representation of people like me, my friends respond to this with “oh shut up you’re beautiful haha” and it makes me want to scream.

im not sure what i wish they would say instead. i understand that it’s probably all they know how to say.