On Boobs.

Growing up, I always seemed to do things in what my mother would deem “extremes”. When it came to growing boobs, this was no exception. I was *so* flat chested until the age of about fifteen that I was actually bullied for it by the other girls in our nunnery-like school. Being flat-chested only really became a problem when getting changed for gym and not having the issue of needing to sneak to the toilets to put a sports bra on. The other girls would go, two by two (hurrah) to the toilets during our lunch break and emerge sports-bra clad. I would go bra-less. 

However, this all changed in my final year of school when I went from being boob-less to boob-full. I miraculously went from an AA to a DD/E but rather than my new boob installation being joyous, they were anything but. For the first time in my life I suffered with body dysmorphia and it haunted me daily. Dressing for my’ new boobs’ felt like trying to conceal two overly sexualised bowling balls, and suddenly my favourite go-to skinny camis became just plain ‘inappropriate’ to wear according to friends at the time. 

I was incredibly insecure about them and spent about two to three years seeking validation and consolation online for my newly developed chest. Boobs on women are not just over-sexualised, but are also hidden from public display, and as a result their appearance maintains an element of both prestige and marvel. A consequence of this however, was that when developing boobs, I couldn’t help but wonder if mine were perfectly normal or not. 

Here are some obvious boob facts that I would like to remind you of:

-every female has a pair 

-no two boobs are the same (even when belonging to the same pair, a lot like eyebrows) 

-boobs have different types of nipples

-boobs inevitably move around when you have to workout 

-yours are probably normal. 

For some reason, I am still coming to terms with the fact that I have quite big boobs, a whole ten years later. My dysmorphia was hindered incredibly by the ideal image I had in my head of what boobs should be - which was, as a teen, significantly smaller than those that I was blessed with. YET, in dealing with this I found this website particularly helpful and wanted to share, as no matter what your boobs look like, you are bound to find a pair in here that look just like yours, presented in a completely desexualised manner. What a relief it was for seventeen year old me to discover a pair of boobs that looked just like mine. 

https://www.007b.com/breast_gallery.php