SirDiscipliner69
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ORIGINAL: GeekyGirl I was overly critical and had low self esteem when I was 120lbs, a size 3, and winning beauty queen contests. Thank you...I think you are nice looking right now. Now I am overly critical and have low sel esteem even though I am 200lbs and a size 14 and don't look a thing like my old beauty queen photos. Life changes Us all though...life brings Us all sorts of things... We can not change what happens to Us but We can change how We react to it. In other words, no, I don't think it has a darn thing to do with anything. If anything, my self esteem has been better since I got heavy because I've been asked out more often and by a higher calibur of guy. For example, I went on a wonderful date saturday with a truly drop dead gorgeous looking guy who treated me like a princess and turned out to be truly kind, intelligent, stable, looking for more than just sex, and all around wonderful. I never met those kind of guys when I was skinny! I am glad to hear it. I do believe you are what you project yourself to be ...mental realm.... My low self esteem is not because of my weight....I think it has a LOT more to do with being abandoned by my father as a child which happened long before my weight problems. Yes other issues can have sidfe effects...We deal with things that are uncomfortable for Us in many different ways. Some have been hurt emotionally so they would rather have the pain of discipline than deal with the emotional side. Just saw Dustin Hoffman on the show Actors Side and he was saying something along that very thoughts and how he was able to verbalize it through acting. Either way, I have also always been very critical and snippish..and for the record, so is my mother who has never been over a size 3 in her life (and usually is closer to a size1). Maybe it's genetic or has to do with how we're raised? I do think it can be combination of all...the question is not so much to come to a grand conclusion in pontificating some theroy but rather to explore how We percieve and pre judge....and wether We are open enough to examine and reafirm these beliefs and when needed change them. Ross ©º°¨¨°º©
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