"Healthy Looking"

Happiness comes from within, which is a cliche, but many cliches are cliches because they're true. At any rate, this poem is a neat and well-judged reflection on body image issues.

True that, and though I struggle with body image, I still try to keep a balanced perspective, too. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

beautiful Audrey I don't how you can defeat those personal demons
I have no choice but to take a lot of psych meds and every one of them causes weight gain
one of them is making my hair fall out...it's either or being locked in a psych ward as a prisoner...

my best advise is love yourself the best you can no matter what
see yourself as beautiful no matter what...

i've been beautiful it was hard when my outer beauty left me
but I'm still here and I know my true beauty...

you are beautiful❤

Dearest Brenda, I'm always touched by your comments ❤️ I'm sorry to hear of the side effects of your meds, but I'm glad that you have them to help keep you out of the hospital. Sometimes all we can choose is the lesser evil. But this is great advice coming from a very personal place; though outer beauty may fade, we can still retain our inner beauty. Thank you so much for the encouraging words my dear!

An ounce seems like a pound
that incessantly hounds
our minds fixated on mounds
our demons crowns
and spirits wound
all you can eat buffets we're bound
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I hear you

What a cleverly written response! Thank you for taking the time to connect on this, Heart_of_Stone.

It can be a tedious task to wade through the impotences of others as we field their expectations. It can make us weaponize our intellect and stifle our spirits. I used to wonder why people would take their very precious time to make condescending comments about my efforts and attempts, and it all came down to an irrational need to abandon their own efforts. It really wasn't personal. It was avoidant. Think if they applied all that time and brain power towards something they actually needed to gain control of, themselves. They notice things they disapprove of in others because they simply can't face their own problems. And that's the curiosity. To them, everything is more interesting than they are.

What contemplative remarks! Thank you for taking the time to share this perspective. I find it difficult anytime someone shares their opinion about my appearance. Even the well-intentioned comments seem to come from a place of ignorance; I don't think it's ever really appropriate to comment on a person's weight. And especially from those in my life who know that I struggle with body image and eating disorders, it almost makes it worse coming from them.

Absolutely
...a universe of things to talk about....

Straightforward read where finding the happy medium is difficult.

That sums it up! Thanks for stepping into the mood, Snaggy.

I felt this one, hit close to home.
Excellent.

hugs,
buddhakitty.  

Thanks for connecting on this one buddhakitty,