More self concsious than ever...normal?

I am a pre-op who has never suffered from depression before (at least more than a few bad moods here and there). Since starting this process, I've become SO self-concsious, I hardly want to go out of the house (which is VERY strange for me, I usually can't stay put). I have never really FELT fat, or felt like people will judge me because of my size...but lately I feel like all people will see is a fat girl, nothing beyond that. I even feel like my family and friends will judge me, when they have been nothing but supportive. Are these feelings normal? Will they lessen after surgery?

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