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Skunky Stinkerson

What is one thing about your life or about you now that you wish you had when you were younger?

As for me, i wish i had the state of mind that i have now- while i was a teen, so i didn't have to go thru years of body dysmorphia and self consciousness that took a huge toll on me mentally and psychologically.. id tell my younger self that i was fine the way i was.

i definitely have more (now) to be self conscious about, like my slightly crooked thighs and knees due to arthritis caused by my autoimmune issue but i don't let it bother me. i just don't care what people think anymore. 

Posted - February 3, 2017
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  • I wish I had the state of mind I have now too, though if some raise an eyebrow at that they should have been there when I was younger.
    I suppose I've developed mechanisms to deal with that sense of isolation; it's still there, but now it sits in my head on a rickety chair with its legs crossed, smiling benignly.
    I'm sorry to see that you went through what you did. Good health to you.
      February 3, 2017 1:10 AM MST
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  • "Knowledge" ... it's been said a million times, "I wish I knew then, what I know now!"
      February 3, 2017 1:36 AM MST
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  • 10997
    Self-confidence
      February 3, 2017 3:06 AM MST
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  • Retirement! I'd have had a ball back in the day if I'd had the time to indulege. :) 
      February 3, 2017 3:21 AM MST
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  • That was my wish when I was young ... to be forced into early retirement. :)
      February 3, 2017 3:32 AM MST
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  • I've enjoyed it very much but it would have been ever better without arthritis. :)
      February 3, 2017 3:34 AM MST
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  • Yea ... that wasn't part of my wish either.
      February 3, 2017 3:37 AM MST
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