Like many others, over the past few years I have been struggling with my body image. As someone who is definitely not considered a thin person, I have always had to struggle between the desire for confidence and the societal insistence that my body is not worthy.
Therefore, being naked always makes me feel a bit uncomfortable. Even when I'm alone, I think it's not something I should do. After taking a bath, I will avoid looking at the mirror in the room and quickly put on my pajamas.
However, when I realized the discomfort brought by being naked, I began to force myself to step out of my comfort zone. I tried sleeping, washing, and doing homework naked. Surprisingly, it really worked. Although my body shape problem didn't disappear overnight, I did feel a huge positive change in my perception of my body. I became more confident, comfortable, and even proud of the body curves I once disliked.
So, why don't you give it a try as well? Here are the four lessons I learned after going naked many times.
It forces you to observe your entire body
The more I expose my body, the more I realize how rarely I look in the mirror. Even when I do, I almost never pay close attention to my entire body. I only focus on the parts I like, such as my chest and buttocks, completely ignoring the areas that I can't resist, like my abdomen and arms. However, when naked, I am forced to view my body as a whole, rather than as separate parts. I no longer just consider certain parts of my body to be beautiful, but start to appreciate the charm of my entire body. I even begin to notice how, despite having once disliked certain parts like my abdomen, they actually make my curves look natural and complete.
Putting on clothes makes you more attractive.
Being naked is not only beneficial when alone. I've discovered that doing more things naked makes me more confident when wearing clothes. Because being naked allows me to recognize which parts of my body I like the most, I can wear more clothes that highlight these parts. For instance, one of the body parts I increasingly like when naked is my waist. Therefore, when choosing clothes, I know that highlighting the waist will make me feel more sexy and confident during the day.
Even though I wasn't wearing clothes that highlighted my most attractive figure, I still found myself much more confident than before I was naked. Because I became more confident in my body, I knew I didn't need to wear my favorite clothes to showcase my figure. Since you are already very sexy inside, why do you need sexy clothes?
You can de-sexify (or sexify) your body.
Before attempting to be naked, I usually only remained naked for a long time during sexual activities. Therefore, when I was alone naked, I always felt embarrassed. This made me think that being naked (even when alone) was provocative or vulgar. As a result, I regarded my nakedness as something related to sex. Since certain parts of my body have been highly sexualized by society (such as my breasts), I always felt a bit objectified when naked. However, trying more nakedness allowed me to separate the meaning related to sex from my body. Being naked made me feel a kind of beauty that was not related to sex.
However, sometimes I still enjoy being sexualized, hehe. And being naked often makes me more susceptible to being sexualized. But, I no longer just consider my waist, breasts, and buttocks as sexy. I've begun to think that my thighs and stomach, among other parts, are also very sexy.
Being naked in front of others is no longer so strange.
The first time I undressed in front of others was always more terrifying for me than having sex with them. Although being naked in front of others makes me feel extremely vulnerable, it becomes even more dangerous if you can't even be naked yourself. After doing more naked activities, I found that my fear of undressing in front of my sexual partner decreased. During sex, I no longer cared so much about my body, nor did I care so much whether my partner noticed the parts where I felt uncomfortable. Instead, I could focus more on my own pleasure, which made sex more enjoyable.
Although I was a bit too impulsive when deciding to do things naked, you really don't have to do that. If naked window cleaning makes you scared, then try lying naked on the sofa and scrolling through Instagram instead. Or, rather than being completely naked, you could try wearing underwear or a bra. You can start slowly!
Although you may not go through the same lessons as I did, you might learn better lessons that are unique to your body image journey. So, take action! If you have enough time to read this blog, you have enough time to experience it nakedly :)