Lili Reinhart gets honest about her body dysmorphia

[just444]

I truly wonder how anyone survives or gets through this life without having severe BD. Maybe it’s a cruel amplified version in combination with my OCD, but damn. The amount of time I’ve wasted thinking about my arms in the last few months is insane.
I wanted to throw my own…
- Lili Reinhart (@lilireinhart) September 14, 2023

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[meganlynn09]

My arms have been a battle for me too. I've griped about them for 20+ years. And now I'm on a weight loss journey and I'm like, huh, so they are just gonna look like that. lol I honestly stopped caring because I can't do anything more than I already am.

[alex_haruko]

I feel grateful that Lili shares a bit about her body dysmorphobia because I don't feel so alone.

It's horrible having to deal with it, especially because I feels like it's deprived me of so many experiences or enjoying so many moments because I was too focused on comparing myself with other people.

[agnmag]

When I was little, about 5 years old, I only hated my thighs (which was already absurd; when I look at the pictures of myself from back then, all I can see is a thin child with thin thighs that definitely didn’t need to lose weight), but now it’s easier for me to list all my body parts I’m neutral about, instead of the ones I hate and am self conscious about; there are so many of them. The only things I find decent looking are my hands, feet, and my skin. And it’s so distressing. Will it ever change, or will I be 60 and still hate almost everything about my body?

[fernandocolunga]

That’s such a good point. I figured by this age I’d be okay with my body since I realise how stupid all of this is and how marketing and media impact us but am I okay with it? Nope. So will I ever be?

[maryjanewatson]

when ppl talk abt how much they stopped giving a fuck/got more confident when they hit 30 it makes me feel like such a loser bc, if anything, i started caring more after 30, esp since i'm starting to see aging signs.

[you_hermit_crab]

Yeah, I hit a number of hard times around 31/32, and I feel like I’ve regressed so much, so hearing how people have suddenly lost the ability to care and are generally more confident makes me so envious. I honestly feel worse at 35 than I did in my late 20s and a big part of that is because I can’t stop caring and have now realized this is just a forever thing. It’s such a bummer.

[goldenmeans]

I've been lucky in that I was unhappy with how my body looked, so I decided to do something about it and I lost about 20 pounds and reached my target size pretty easily. My chest is still too big, but I would need to get a breast reduction in order to fix that which I don't think I want to put myself through. My arms were easiest to tone, I'm actually really happy with them. Still HATE exercising though.

[lone_concertina]

Read the room, friend.

[hiimtish]

I’m sorry that you think that completely changing yourself is “lucky”

[theylezharold]

The sad truth is that most women I know feel this way or used to feel this way.

I find this comment honest and relatable in that it shows how society and the patriarchy punish so many / most of us into feeling and thinking this way.

[powerranger]

i really love how candid she is with her mental health and stuff. i see her and think “wow she’s so beautiful” and it doesn’t even occur to me that she’s sitting there looking at the same photo hating herself. which then makes me so sad because i’d love to look like her and have arms (and everything) her size. i hope she’s able to someday see how beautiful she is but i know that’s an almost impossible road for most of us. my heart goes out to her.

my body insecurity has basically ruined my life since i was like 13 and was taller and overall bigger than the rest of the girls on my cheer squad. i’ve missed out on having fun and doing so much because of it. and now it’s so ingrained in me i don’t even know how to begin to combat it. i’m not even at the point where i want to be okay being fat lmao. i actively don’t want that and want to lose weight. just gotta get healthcare and get depression meds to maybe help me kickstart the will to improve.