I Struggle With My Body Image

After many years, I have come to terms that I, and my body, are simply different. Nothing more, nothing less.

I have managed to find contentment and some simple pleasures, and yet, so many people seem compelled to try and undo this, as if they feel the need to make me return to being unhappy in myself.

Why do we have to be such a small minded and easily manipulated/brainwashed (I'm looking at the media here, and their constant pushing of the idea's of beauty held by a small number of old men who own the outlets) to following the "ideals" of a small number of decaying old men?

Sorry, had to vent.

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impulsive · 31-35, M

I agree, it is nothing but a prison, social media, advertisements, the media, they pump us daily with an idealised form. I say this, you're in this world only once, why allow someone else to decide how you should dress or look, why work out, eat right, try to slim yourself down to that bikini or whatever if its all just to please someone else or some abstract social obligation.

I say deliver me from perfection, perfection is the path towards contentment and contentment leads to a lack of passion and living. It is our imperfections that make us who we are, that define our true beauty as individuals, that give us our stories.

Why be like everyone else just to fit in and become nothing more than a statistic?