" rent in meaningless hookup is never seen as self - harm until you realize too late how empty it made you find . "
Raise your hand if you’re scared of aging. 🙋♀️🙋♀️ Yep, honestly SAME. So whenever an older person is low-key mansplaining their advice on aging to me, I always listen. (OK, more like most of the time.)
Today, we’re all gonna get a healthy dose of that advice! Reddit userBingo_Swagginsrecently asked people to sharewhat they regret doing to their body, and oh boy, did the internet deliver with some fascinating (and helpful) answers.
Content monition : This berth discusses body image , which may be sensitive or triggering for some reader . Please take concern while read !
So here are some of the top responses:
1.“Not exercising, and not going to the dentist for seven years.”
— AliCYn13
" I ’m sitting here currently novocained up and drooling from find seven cavities done — two last workweek , five today . GO TO THE DENTIST , KIDS . "
— Useful - Rooster-1901
2.“Not wearing earplugs at loud concerts. Sure wish I had the ability to sit in silence…like, at all.”
— Rivent
3.“Even though I know I was in really deep denial and needed to work through that first, I still really regret not transitioning earlier.”
— Altoid_Addict
4.“Liposuction ruined my stomach. I will never ever show my stomach in public. It’s so bumpy and uneven.”
— Miserable_Spell5501
5.“Tanning in tanning beds. Biggest regret by far.”
— Kcgrey
" I care more had been taught to us as kids / teenagers in Canadian schools . I did n’t realize just how harmful it is until I moved to Australia and saw how differently it ’s spoken about to kids in schools . "
– btaa1990
6.“Being ashamed for my body. I could have loved it for my whole life, without caring for others' opinions.”
— 100kmtohell
7.“Smoking for years.”
— bentogames
" Of all the things , this is the only ruefulness I impart as well . "
— nicepresident
8.“It’s probably shallow, but I hated my freckles…I had them all burned off professionally. Then I saw my brother’s for the first time in years — I don’t look like my family anymore because they all have cute dots of freckles…and I just have nothing.”
" Anyways , that ’s just my ruefulness . "
— SherryVal
9.“Drinking over 500 litres of rum and bourbon over the course of 3 years. I’m 459 days sober now, but my body has been through hell, with much of it not coming back fully healable.”
" To everyone who ’s still endure through it , you got this . If you envision this and felt see or related , you ’re already doing one thing right : wanting to be good . To everyone who ’s cause some sober days under your whang , so majestic of you and keep going . "
— a - tisket_a - tasket
10.“Not putting sunscreen on when I was younger, especially my hands. I’m so self-conscious about them now.”
— SinisterNovella
" ear and the skin behind the spike are another arena citizenry forget about a lot , and that ’s where my dad has had most of his skin Crab so far . I ’m emphatically learn from his mistakes and am very thorough with my sunscreen ! "
— ArtisticShoulder1037
11.“I’ve suffered from eating disorders. I’ve gone from the extreme of not eating anything to the other extreme of eating a lot, and having gone through both problems — from malnutrition and refusing to even eat lunch to obsessiveness and binge eating — I feel that these two things affected my health.”
— Michdr2
" Same . Every pound I ’ve gained and lost , how my psyche is always on the stunned number , it really sucks . guilt feelings , regret , shame and ego - hate if I feel full from eating , even if it ’s healthy nutrient . "
— daughterofpolonius
12.“Tattoos. I wish I didn’t regret them and get compliments all the time. They don’t have any negative meaning, but I also got them during younger stages of my life when I had more trauma and less support.”
" Now that I ’m older and in a better place , it feels like wearing one-time clothes that I ’ve outgrow and being forced to still wear out them every day . It feels like a part of my body that actually is n’t mine . It ’s semisweet . "
— Jaguar337711
13.“Breast implants! I hate how normalized they’ve become. I thought I was being an empowered women doing something for myself. They feel gross in your body, even though people would say, ‘They’ll just feel like a part of you!’ Also caused chronic inflammation.”
" I baffle them removed after five years and when I reckon at pictures , my face looks puffy . I lost eight Ezra Loomis Pound instantly and the implant were less than three pound total .
The only benefit of getting them and then have them take out is that I love my tiny bureau now ! Having breast implants made me feel so bulky . "
— RoRo8o8o
14.“The massive amounts of candy I have been eating for years now. I’m not fat, mind you, because sometimes candy is all I eat in a day, but my skin is fucking awful and I’m pre-diabetic.”
" Completely unneeded "
— Idum23
15.“Giving my body to men that didn’t see my value.”
— jesusismyishi
16.“Skin picking. It’s not in my control and I’m trying to get better with therapy, but the scars are there.”
— tequilavixen
17.“Not listening to my body. Like when it needed to rest.”
— Verandanahrad
" This is me . I have been sleep - deprive and stressed for three days . I found myself in the hospital because I collapsed in the tube . "
— LauraMooreg17
18.“Not stretching properly.”
" I was in guard ( the march pin twirling team ) in high school . Now I ’m 17 years out with chronic tenonitis .
I work an office job and sometimes lose full function of one of my arms because of it . When I try and do move with a flagstone I get a filthy reminder of years long rifle . "
— Choccimilkncookie
19.“Casual sex. Engaging in meaningless hookups is never seen as self-harm until you realize too late how empty it made you feel.”
" I owe my body a immense apology . I hope she forgive me . "
— ineffectual - Wolf-1654
20.“Sitting in an office chair for 40 years.”
— AlternativePlane4736
21.“Drinking soda like it was water for most of my life until I realized what a stupid thing that was to do.”
— thedreaming2017
22.“Being rough on my knees when they were already bothering me some. Now that I’m old they bother me a lot more.”
— mtrbiknut
23.“Not flossing and not brushing my teeth enough in my teens. I’m now the owner of eleven crowns and countless fillings — oh, and one implant.”
— Bastard1066
24.“Vaping.”
— NotoriousEgghead
" My personal consequences are being out of breathing place preferably , huge money waste , and I think it ’s aging my face faster . Not to bring up whatever it is doing to my lungs , hearts , and other organs . I am a nicotine exploiter and trying to quit . I quit once for a few months and started back up again . Very firmly to quit . "
— BBear1495
25.“Sleeping on my belly. It fucked up my neck.”
— EmseraldaPrincess
" Me too . Wish I could train myself to sleep on my back or side . It never works . "
— 0WormTime0
26.“Laser facial hair removal. Absolutely wasted my money. Did over 30 sessions with zero results. My face is much more sensitive now, and I have to shave much more often than before the laser.”
— chvVolk
27.“Wish I would’ve worn my retainer after getting my braces off.”
— Not_A_Deer_05
" I induce my brace done in Mexico , and my orthodontist there assure me to only wear my retainer for a year . So yeah , 20 years later , and while my teeth are nowhere near as curve as when I first get them , my overbite is back with a vengeance and I kinda want to get them again . "
— demons_soulmate
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remark : Some responses have been edited for length and/or pellucidity .
