Body Image and Attention Issues.. Please share your experiences

I never seen myself as being Fat, for some reason what I saw in the mirror wasn't what I had in my head of how I looked. I always picture myself as being the size that I am NOW not the size I was at 310 pounds. So therefore looking in the mirror seems like I haven't lost any weight just where I'm suppose to be. Do you see what I mean? When I was much heavier I would pass a mirror and see this real big person (which was me), but I would say to myself"It's that mirror, they make you look so big"...eventhough I weight 310 pounds I wore high heel shoes, leather pants, tight jeans, sexy undies,I always saw myself as thin in my mirror . I saw myself as thin although no one else did.I quess that since I was thin in my twenty (size 5) I never got that picture out of my head. One time I told a co-worker that I didn't see myself as fat... She started laughing , I didn't think it was funny. So now when people tell me how much weight I've lost, I'm happy but I don't see it and I probably won't until I get so skinny that I couldn't possible believe I could ever get that thin, then I'll see it. Has anyone else had this problem???? Also since losing all this weight I can't understand why I'm not getting the attention I thought I would from the oposite sex....Women tell my all the time how pretty I am, but men don't even notice me...Told you I have issues. I am seeing a psychiatric and taking meds for other reasons but I really don't think I'm the only one going though this. Can some one please share. Thanks Yall

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