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Levo
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Struggling with motivation and body image issues
Healthy Living / by Levo
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July 22nd, 2020
...See more Hello everyone. To put it simply I struggle a lot with my body image and exercise motivation. I've tried to talk to a bunch of Listeners about this but I never got far so I thought I'd make a post about it on here. It's probably going to sound dumb and it might seem like I'm just stupid and stubborn. Long story short living in quarantine made me gain weight, and for the first time in my life I'm actually not happy about that. I mean, I've been overweight for years, but it never bothered me too much, but now it's different for some reason and it just grosses me out. I dislike my appearance in general for man reasons so it feels quite overwhelming now. So, obviously the goal would be to lose some weight and go back to "normal", but the thing is there's nothing I hate more in the world than exercising and I'd rather die than do that. Exercising is pure hell for me. Any kind of physical activity is like that to be honest. It's always painful, exhausting. It disgusts me. I'm already permanently exhausted because I'm depressed, and I'm soaked with sweat because I suffer from hyperhidrosis. I can't force myself to do anything that will only make things worse for me. I can't force myself to do something that will make me pass out from exhaustion. I don't want more pain. I don't wanna feel even dirtier than I already do. So I just feel lost and stuck and hopeless. I have a reason to start working out, but I just don't wanna do it. I can't do it so I'm stuck with my body looking the way it looks. I don't know how to overcome this mental block I have. I just don't wanna add more suffering to my daily life. So... I don't know what to do. I'd appreciate any and all insight on this and please feel free to ask any questions. Thanks.
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