Ugh I love when the hive mind serves. I read this not 3 minutes after getting off a call with my therapist where I was talking how much a looks-based value system rules my brain even though I don’t want it to. So making moves towards not letting it be ruler goes against the value system itself and therefore is unacceptable! It’s such a closed loop of misery and while I may never find a way out I swear I’ll die trying. Much love to you, stellar thought provoking essay as always!!!
OH my god this is sooooooo excellent. before working on my relationship to makeup/social media/my face i literally felt this all. the. time. SOOOO many selfies every single day, need to have makeup on or i can't leave the house, prove that i am still beautiful by posting on my story every day WITH the instagram camera... god. and i felt like no one talked about that specific phenomenon (at least that i could find) so i felt like there must be something uniquely wrong with ME for having the obsession. i wish i could've seen this back then. there is hope!!!!! i promise!!!!
i feel that.. idk if i have anything helpful to say other than get a pocket carry mirror if u dont have one, you cannot trust selfie cameras, they’re always distorted. i have a lil flip mirror in my purse and it’s way more accurate and less dysphoria inducing.
when a wizard casts the spell of vapid gooning
poor thing thought she ate 💀
Ugh I love when the hive mind serves. I read this not 3 minutes after getting off a call with my therapist where I was talking how much a looks-based value system rules my brain even though I don’t want it to. So making moves towards not letting it be ruler goes against the value system itself and therefore is unacceptable! It’s such a closed loop of misery and while I may never find a way out I swear I’ll die trying. Much love to you, stellar thought provoking essay as always!!!
I’m feeling deeply seen 😭😭 good luck to us both
OH my god this is sooooooo excellent. before working on my relationship to makeup/social media/my face i literally felt this all. the. time. SOOOO many selfies every single day, need to have makeup on or i can't leave the house, prove that i am still beautiful by posting on my story every day WITH the instagram camera... god. and i felt like no one talked about that specific phenomenon (at least that i could find) so i felt like there must be something uniquely wrong with ME for having the obsession. i wish i could've seen this back then. there is hope!!!!! i promise!!!!
my hands are outstretched, asking god to be beautiful !!!
i feel that.. idk if i have anything helpful to say other than get a pocket carry mirror if u dont have one, you cannot trust selfie cameras, they’re always distorted. i have a lil flip mirror in my purse and it’s way more accurate and less dysphoria inducing.
Fuck I feel that
never related to anything more in my life