It is that time of year again, the time we have to start to think about getting into our swimsuits! How many people really LOVE the idea of swimsuit shopping???
Is our aversion to swimsuits and underwear shopping due to the unrealistic view of women put forward by the media, by the way, we were raised or are we just naturally body conscious?
Women today face so many challenges and with today’s image of women in the social media world, it is harder than ever to be comfortable in our own skin.
I started out my day feeling completely comfortable in my own skin and happy, ready for the day. The subject of our children’s pending swimming lessons soon changed this mood when the issue of swimmers came into the conversation.
Would I say I am generally a body-conscious person? Defiantly not, well not until swimmers are mentioned anyway.
Today though I started feeling VERY conscious of my body and instead of feeling 20 again I felt stressed, anxious, and not at all sexy. So what is it about the swimming season that sends us into this uncomfortable state of being?
Well, let’s face it we are just buying visible underwear, Underwear that EVERYONE gets to see. If we aren’t comfortable in what we are wearing and feeling sexy then we certainly aren’t going to want our bodies on show.
Is this due to how the media now portrays what they sell as ‘NORMAL WOMEN’?
In my case, I ended up having a massive anxiety attack and melting down at my husband. This is in complete contrast to the usually relaxed nature of my personality. I found that the thought of going swimsuit shopping made me feel widely inadequate and very conscious of my body and in particular my bum.
When you go shopping for swimsuits, are you one of those people that have the luxury to walk in pick the first set you like, and feel amazing?
I’m not; in fact, I end up trying on swimmers for an hour or more and feeling less and less comfortable in my own skin. Swimmers are underwear having a day out let’s face it and we are exposed and vulnerable in our own skin at this point. So if we are not comfortable with what we are wearing our feeling of exposure skyrockets.
After realizing how I was feeling I started to wonder how many other women feel the same way. How many of us have succumbed to the overly inaccurate version of womanhood that the media portrays?
As a curvy woman and mother of five children, I generally feel amazing in my own skin. Swimsuit shopping can put a dampener on this feeling but at the end of the day. I know that I am perfect just the way I am.
All women should feel beautiful in their own skin and we need to start seeing ourselves as perfect.
Women of all shapes and sizes are beautiful and shouldn’t have to feel uncomfortable in their own skin. We are amazing as we are and we need the media to show women in their true form, not the photoshopped version that is portrayed today.
So for all those women, the ones leaving summer behind (Hi Australia) and those heading into the warmer months, just remember the person that you are is AMAZING and you should feel amazing all the time, so get out there and get those perfect swimmers that make YOU feel like the sexiest women around.
xxx
YoZenQi Holistic - Megen Hibbins 