Gymnophobia

I really dont get how the heck you all walk around nude wihtout having major panick attacks. Gymnophobia is the fear of nudity, and i have it big time. I cant use public showers, and in changerooms I use toilett stalls etc.
not one person has seen me nude since beeing a toddler. cant even be seen in underwear without getting panicked.

I know its stupid but I cant help it, i need advice from the experts of not freeking out. i need to conquer this, face my fear in all my glory, I just dont know how to go about it

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i know your wondering, and nope, not even to do that....im screwed up in sooo many ways

 

Try with a webcam and paltalk.com

Your on the internet, nobody knows who you are, nor where you live, and you control everything.

Then, once your confortable, venture out into the world.

;o)

 

um yeah. then accedenly expose myslef to a 13 year girl, get kicked off the web site, have my ip adress traced and wind up in jail on indecency charges

 

First try sleeping in the nude and once you discover how much you enjoy that you can try going naked around the house. It’s a lot easier to stay naked when you wake-up nude. If your not ready to be naked can try going commando, I’m sure once you enjoy the freedom of being commando, you’ll want to go to the next step.

I’m just a home nudist myself, other that skinny-dipping I haven’t been naked in public.

Bud

 

Yeah, just try and get used to being naked by yourself first - you might just not like it! hey, not everybody does - different strokes for different folks and all that. but if you do find you do like it, and you want to broaden your experiences to more than just being nude by yourself, then you can very slowly move yourself up to being nude around family or friends, or going to a nude beach or resort, when you feel ready to do so.

being naked in front of other people is a daunting thing, it was a fair while between when i discovered i prefered to be nude, and when i actually revealed that to other people and then went nude around them, and even now thats not many people, mostly just a couple of friends and my family (mum and sister) and we all have nudist tendencies in our house now really... but i'm not in a hurry to be seen naked by the whole world, no matter how comftable i am with my body!

good luck anyway!

 

Well, if you hate being nude and never are nude, where's the problem? Just don't do it. But if you're scared of it and attracted to it--then maybe the gradual approach people have suggested is the right one.

Do you have a sexual relationship going on? Maybe your partner would appreciate seeing you nude and help you gain some confidence.

 

You're not screwed up
You are just very shy about your body...there are tons of people who are like this..tons
Its okay just start walking around without a shirt on around your house...
And then when you have done that, just wear your underoos and then eventually wear nothing..
You should feel comfortable in your own skin...

 

I used to be kinda like that, but actually enjoy being nude now. Being in the military may have something to do with it, being forced to be nude around a large group of people many times (community showers), and being in a relationship with someone who enjoys my body has helped a lot also.

I think as with any phobia, exposure to what you fear often helps the most by showing you there is really nothing to fear, but the fear itself.

 

Don't do it. It's indecent, and by exposing yourself to others you gain nothing. Shame exists for a reason.

 

Shame??? I bare no shame...

 

For phobia's, slow exposure has been shown to be one of the best ways to conquer your fear. Like the whole thing with people being afraid of spiders. Show them a picture, wait till they're comfortable, show them a rubber one, wait till their comfortable, then have them hold the rubber, then show them a real one ina glass box across the room.. etc etc etc untill finally a person can hold the spider in their hand. It's actually been proven that within an hour, a person can conquer a phobia.

Really, just get used to it in gradual steps.

You can totally try the web cam thing. Just make sure that the person you're webbing with has a cam aswell so you can see that they're not a dirtly little 13 year old.

You don't have to get so comfortable as to show your body off to whoever walks by, but I think you really should get comfortable enough to make love. It's such a beautiful thing.

 

Well, Astaroth, I read all the posts (3) that you put in different threads and I have to say that you have a negative approach. Too bad!

 

I have as much a right to have a negative approach as you do to have positive. Free speech, yes?

 

eh misticalshroom i go around all teh time with out a shirt, I am a guy remember. Other people usually begg me to put a shirt back on. For some reason no one wants to see my hairy back and beer gut.

 

I know your a guy ya dont have to remind me

Look sweetie, you shouldnt have to worry what other people think...and if you have a beer gut, so what...I would be proud and as for your back, does it really matter that much..
All I am saying is if you go by the sterotypical image thats projected in society, thats not normal....beer bellies and such are normal and you got to love yourself..
This probably didnt help nor make sense...
Just let go and be free, love your body for the way that it is..and embrace it cause its the only one you have...

 

I contest that.

Feeling of inadequacy is as integral to you as pain and hunger. The question is whether it is balanced with a certain strength of character, in which case it will provide you with the necessary motivation to improve.

"Accepting yourself" has been taken to the extremes lately. Not every behavior is acceptable and not everything about a given person is positive. I do not particularly enjoy the fact that I have to spend two hours a day in a gym to maintain my physical form. Frankly, I would much rather watch TV or drink beer and "accept myself"!

Improvement is possible, believe me...

 

Of course you have, but what drives you to put your sarcastic negative comments in this forum over and over again? O, don't tell - I know. It's called: frustration. You just can't stand it that people are telling each other that they enjoy being barefoot and/or nude. You're a bit pathetic, don't you think?

 

Aw, shucks, do I make you angry? (read all of your replies in other threads already). Doesn't take much, apparently.

Sorry.

No, not really.

<snicker>

 

I was nervous about my body too. I would get so nervous in locker rooms, but then I walked around my house, watched tv, and just relaxed (in the nude) and now I love it!! It is so wonderful and i feell so alive. Just start out small like walking around naked in your house. If you can't do that just be naked in your room for an hour. After a while you'll be so used to it, it'll seem natural.

*( I haven't got enough courage to go outside naked but when I do the first thing I do will skinny dip!!)