Body Image? follow-up of follow-up.....

Dx,

Always enjoy your posts, and hope you will keep posting both the previous and new ones. I've copied a lot of them to Word files for reference and have a lot of the links saved too.

I think what you've communicated here is true. The more positivity you can get in your life about yourself and others the better.

My own image distortion has probably gone the other way - I probably see myself as looking better than I actually do. I mean how good can a 46 year old man actually look without makeup and plastic surgery? This could be from losing weight many times and getting a lot of positive feedback then, as well as a ton now - from really young chicks.

I'm really afraid to do "head work" in the opposite direction, because while the "building up" can progress neatly, the "tearing down" probably just comes in one fell crash like a toppling card house. So I guess I'd better not touch it.

Thanks Again,

Dave

Great post and info Dx! I enjoy the info and learn a lot from your posts! Thanks for posting it and keep up da good work!

Great replies here lads! I'm with the majority of you on most of the opinions...but I can add this. That it's only been in the past like 2 months when I walk by my own reflection in a store window or mirror, that I KNOW it's me. That is, I never ever used to think that thin guy was me....and more importantly as others have said, I thought that thin guy was fat..... Now however, my "brain" has caught up with my waist-size and I recognize my achievement..... That's a REAL nice feeling...18 months since WLS it true...but so nice! Jim