My T is on a three week break at the moment but I’ve been reflecting on something she said to me last week. We were discussing my inability to practice self care and the fact that I hate myself so much and she told me that I should join a gym if I want to start feeling better about myself. At the time I was a bit taken a back by the suggestion as she knows how anxious and panicky I get around people due to the overwhelming fear of being judged and ridiculed, so thought it was a bit of a strange suggestion. But now I’m actually really offended by the comment as it seemed to be implying that I should loose weight to feel better. I’m extremely self conscious about the way I look and hate what I look like so this has triggered a lot of feelings. I’m not comfortable discussing these insecurities with her yet so I haven’t directly addressed the issue of being insecure about the way I look, only in a roundabout way talking about the fact I hate everything about myself. She tells me most sessions that I need to be more active and do more exercise so I guess the suggestion of joining a gym goes along the same lines.
Am I blowing this completely out of proportion or was it insensitive for a T to make this suggestion?