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Originally Posted by A Red Panda
Nice things to do for your body:
- eat healthy
-exercize
- have a relaxing bath or shower
- foot scrub!
- dying your hair or doing something nice with it
- get a massage
- keep it clean
- face masks
etc etc. That's what it would mean. Doing something to take care of your body or to treat it. I remember you saying at one point that you were struggling with showering (especially when you had first arrived inpatient) - taking a shower is one way to take care of your body. Making sure that your teeth are brushed and that you are wearing clean clothes is taking care of your body. It's also simply being nice to yourself BECAUSE of the fact that it's caring for yourself.
So your response going straight to something sexual and not being sure of any other answers? Yeah, that's a preoccupation.
But at least you're aware of it a little more now and you can work on it if you wish to!  |
I'm still struggling with bathing and brushing my teeth. And washing my clothing/towels. I don't know. It's really hard to take care of my body when I hate it so much. T said you take care of things you are proud of/have taken good care of. So in order for me to start learning how to love my body, I'd have to take care of it. The issue is finding the love for myself to start doing all that stuff. It just kinda feels like what does it even matter?
I know she's right now that she explained it a little better. It's just hard to fix. Nothing on that list even sounds fun or relaxing. The only "fun" I actually know how to experience is sexual. All the other stuff just sounds like work.