@tea absolutely you are not alone! I really feel that recognising how common the struggle is can help debunk the whole perfection debacle. If pretty much everyone feels this way- who are we comparing ourselves to?? I heard this saying once that goes: ‘if we were to throw all our problems in a pile, we would probably take ours back.’ I think the same sort of goes for body image. Our bodies are beautiful simply because they are ours. We need them and they need us. Obviously it takes time to get the balance right, but I think ultimately practicing loving and accepting ourselves can really help. As my yoga teacher says: ‘It’s yoga practice, not yoga perfect” 😉
I totally feel that sentiment @peachy! Being super feminist and being body conscious are certainly not mutually exclusive. My advice would be try to get just a little bit angry. When you see those photo shopped images, try to train yourself to say: ‘are you serious?? I’m supposed to compare myself to that? Don’t worry body, you’re lovely and we’ve got this.’ Rather then silently living in judgement of yourself. It’s such a process, and i regularly feel like shit too. But I really feel that this is the first step. Don’t buy into these body lies. We’ve got such important things to do!