our anxieties

[nerissa_fields]

I wish that we, as women, could learn to love ourselves more, and be happier about who we are. It seems like we all seem to think each other is great, but we seem so critical of ourselves. I wish I could be more carefree. I would like to be able to do what I wish without so much analysis of how others will react. I just want to make everyone happy

Comments

[cbd2782]

i think that you can accomplish all of these things. although i don't think you need to worry about number 3. part of loving yourself is loving yourself no matter what size you are; and you don't need to lose weight anyway. you are beautiful the way you are. i don't think you are wasting your time because if you are then i am wasting my time as well because a significant amount of my time is spent thinking about these things as well.

i wish you could love yourself the way you are, because we all love you the way you are.

[calebsdoodee]

OMG I so relate to so many of these. Actually I relate to all 8 and have about 8 more I could add off the top of my head. I think you are right about we all think each other is great, but are so critical of our own selves. It's crazy that we do that to ourselves. But it's not wasting time thinking about how much you think about it. Did that even make sense? Like, if you don't think about how much you think about it and how much all that affects you, there's no way you could ever do anything about it because you would never even realize it.

[cbd2782]

well said

[cbd2782]

maybe we should all make lists of those types of things that consume so much of your brain space and then get together and have a little vigil. we could all read them outloud and then we could comment on each others' lists and then maybe we could burn them or something, symbolizing that we are letting those things go, and the smoke being the list and it being sent to the gods so they can deal with it and we can go on with our lives.

i don't know. i think i'm just rambling histerically because if i have to read another article for deviance i think i will blow my brains out (but not really)

[nerissa_fields]

I think that sounds like a really good idea. But I bet even if I symbolically let them go, that it wouldn't carry over to my life:) But I still think it would be a really good gesture:) Sorry about deviance, that class sounds like it really stinks!

[calebsdoodee]

Good idea.

I don't want to read anymore. wHat do they think this is grad school or something?