Face Your “Flaws”
Courtesy of Meredith
This morning I decided to face one of my fears/flaws: my upper arms. I recognize we all have flaws, but is one of the few physical ones I dwell on. Even back in my swimming days I hated them and always felt that they are unusually flabby for the amount of work I’ve put into them recently.
I seriously have not worn a sleeve shorter than the average t-shirt since high school. (If I have worn a tank/sleeveless dress, it was with a cardigan). Well, today I decided to actually wear one of the shirts that has been hanging in my closet patiently for a few weeks. I did this in preparation for bearing my arms publicly, whether I want to or not, at my best girl friend’s wedding in May. Also, my mom thinks I should face my fear and wear my graduation dress without a cardigan. We’ll see.
I put on the shirt and it had shorter sleeves than I would normally wear. My friends recognize one of my nervous habits is to pull down my sleeves near my underarm because I hate my upper arms so much. Well today I tried desperately but the shirt simply wouldn’t cover the flab. I left the house without a jacket or sweater and let my bat wings fly free. It was scary and I was constantly wondering if people were looking at my arms all morning, but by the afternoon I kind of stopped caring. I started looking at other women’s arms less and started concentrating on the fact that the shirt I was wearing made me look downright HOT.
I am far from over the fear of my flaw (one of many) but I think today was an important step in the right direction. I might not wear another daring shirt tomorrow, but maybe this weekend?
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I over came my fear of showing my upper arms when I was in high school! I was like you and would never show my arms until I met this girl and she gave me the confidence I needed to wear sleevless tops! Havent looked back since and I love my arms now.
Wow.
I hate my arms,I’m so self-conscious about them but I will DEFIANTLY do this.
I WILL wear a tank-top tomorrow!
Because Florida is not a place to be wearing long sleeves/Cardigans during the summer.
i feel the same about arms too so i when go out next time no sweater or jacket because i am beautiful the way i am
wow im absolutely conscious about them but at the same time i honestly dont care what they think the only thing im traumatized about would be my thise >.>
I hate my forearms, i feel like they’re man arm becasue of the hair on them. it’s silly, i know. and I’ve seen worse then mine and all my friends and family, and even people who arnt my friends and family say that they’re not bad at all. but I’ve still hid in my sweaters for 2 years at school, and how that i;m going into my 3rd year of high school I will year t-shirts more often without sweaters! becasue I am beautiful!