BODY IMAGES ISSUES AND THEIR IMPACT ON RELATIONSHIPS
Your problems with body image do not just affect you but everyone close to you as well. If you are obsessing over your weight or feeling depressed about how you look, this can serious undermine you current relationship or severely distort how you think the opposite sex sees you. Unfortunately, partners can often be insensitive to the concerns and feelings you might have about your appearance since they think you are either over-exaggerating the problem, or even worse, that you are so concerned about your appearance because you might be interested in attracting someone else. Another issue that arises is sexual intimacy. Again, a partner can be often very insensitive to person afflicted with the concerns since the other person is still interested sexually. But the person with body image problems often cannot truly enjoy sex because she does not feel comfortable in her body.
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For those that are single, relationships are no less difficult. Dating often becomes frightening and those that are single will avoid dating. Even worse, they will often stay in negative, or even abusive relationships that are not good for them because their self-esteem is so low that they feel they cannot possibly be loved by a quality person.
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