[Artchic528]

Don't really know where this should be posted, so if I put it in the wrong area, I apologize. I am also going to use the trigger icon for this post as I don't know if it's going to trigger some people. So, better safe than sorry.

I have always been preoccupied with nudism. It's nothing to do with sex or sexuality, but just a general interest in the freedom and acceptance of my body. I've had a rocky road with loving my body, mostly because, as a child, I was skinny as a rail due to taking Ritalin (was prescribed that for a ADHD diagnosis). Then, when I became an adult, and started taking Abilify, I put on some weight. I was pretty skinny to begin with, so putting on a little weight actually made me look healthier, but my new larger body was a bit much to get used to. Imagine being a waif all your childhood and then suddenly gaining, like, 60 lbs when you finally reached adulthood!! It was something I struggled with. The stretch marks alone were enough to make me feel upset.

Anyways, despite this, I have always felt a rather deep attraction to being nude. I have and still do, love it. Walking around my room and the adjoining guest bathroom in my birthday suit is very liberating to me because it helps me to feel comfortable in my own skin. I often make it a point to look at myself in the mirror while nude, and say "You're beautiful". It helps tremendously.

Growing up in a Catholic household (my mother was trying to please her strict and oppressive Catholic mother by raising my brothers and I the same way she was raised), being nude beyond closed doors was and still is heavily frowned upon. I guess the other family members don't see or feel the same way I do about it, that it's all rather taboo. I feel a little restrictive in this, so I once sought out a local group to try out being nude amongst other people for the first time. However, I found the lack of transportation a bit daunting and asking for a ride to such a group event wasn't something I could bring myself to ask the family. And who could blame me? It's not something you really want to discuss with a parental or sibling unit when such activity is considered taboo amongst them, now is it?

I guess the reason I am posting about all of this is simply to see if anyone else is like minded and would like to talk about it, or has suggestions as to how I can find ways to participate safely in this interest of mine. I don't know. I'm just rambling at this point. So yeah, any and all ideas and/or general conversation are welcome.

Also, sorry for the excessively long post. Once I got started typing, I couldn't stop. It all came spilling out.

[Artchic528]

I don't blame people for not replying.

[Crazy Hitch]

[Artchic528]

Originally Posted by Crazy Hitch

Sorry....maybe it's a bit much for this forum to handle.....

[splitimage]

Artchic,

I don't see anything wrong with wanting to be nude. I'm the same way. When I had my own apartment, I slept in the nude and would frequently hang out in the living room nude (with the curtains drawn of course).

Here we have a nude swimming beach. You might want to explore whether your town has something similar - just use lots of sunscreen lol. It's a great place to practice self acceptance. One of the things I love about going to Europe is being able to go topless on the beaches, which a majority of the women do.

Good luck in finding ways to be comfortable being nude.

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[IchbinkeinTeufel]

I love sleeping nude and wondering around my flat nude. Haha. That's about all I can offer, I'm afraid. Not something I would care to share with others unless it were just me and a woman! I can absolutely apprecaite that it's liberating though. My mother was also quite eccentric in her ways. Just leaving my bedroom with my top off was very frowned upon. (male)

[unaluna]

Google it! National sunbathing association.