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Naked Run And My Struggles With Body Image (Guest Naturist Website By Anon) Naked Run and Body Image: Naked Run - For years I fought with my own body image. I spent almost half my life dealing with issues concerning my appearance and self worth. Obviously, I had eating http://quilietu.livejournal.com/87514.html that came from those issues also. The notion of being naked in public never really appealed to me. If I could not take myself for what I looked like and who I was (under my clothes), how could I expect anyone else to? But the conceptual notion of naturism had always intrigued me on some level. It appeared like it'd be a really liberation (and quite brave) experience. Anyone who could lose all the material and cloth fabrics that masked their body from others had to be very comfortable inside their own skin. So I promised myself that someday, when I 'd be more powerful and more accepting of myself, I 'd give naturism a try. It took a long time, and several false starts. But then the day actually came and I was ready to be brave! A few years earlier I had heard about the Yearly Sunny Buns Fun Naked Run that would occur in a town near me. It was only a mile run, through among the more heavily wooded parks and did not gain a large audience of non-participants. It looked like a sensible spot to take my clothes away and be nude in public for my first time. Free the Nipple Film Still Topfree Activists Running in NYC In my experience, the thought of doing a naked run seemed far more fun and enticing than just hanging out at a bare BBQ or a naked pool party. So I signed up for the Fun Nude Run and payed my entrance fee. I figured that even if I got frightened and bailed at the last moment, the cash actually would not be going to squander (since it was a charity event). The day of the Nude Run started cloudy and grey but not very cold. I jumped in my vehicle and headed out to the park. I still wasn't certain if I was going to be brave enough to do the occasion, but I at least was courageous enough to show up. Nude Run To make a very long story short, I've to confess that I was not able to strip all the way down that day at the Sunny Buns Fun Naked Run. I arrived at the park and saw all of the other participants roaming around in various states of undress, speaking and laughing and having a grand time. I must have looked freaked out because several women came over and started speaking to me. NYC Body Painting Day - Nude Models running to Times Square! Pic Credit: Luba Fayngersh They clarified about the naked occasion, told me a little about their first encounters with social nudity, and in the end calmed me down quite a bit. And I had been able to take off most, but not quite all, of my clothing. I just couldn't manage to let go of my underpants and bra at the last minute. The Fun Naked Run was a tremendous step. Particularly for someone like me, who has lived for so long frightened of her own skin. I'ven't been back to attempt an occasion again, but I am certain I will at some point. I met some awesome folks and had a one-of-a-kind encounter, and I anticipate doing it again. And this time I'm going to try for totally unclothed. Naked Run and Body Image in http://yhihnoun.livejournal.com/87687.html to other Nudistsand Naturists BlogsAboutBody ImagebyYoung Naturists and Nudist Portal FKK Tags: body image Class: Body Image Blogs, Social Activism