What’s the difference between feeling comfortable nude and feeling seen nude?
In this #UndressedThread, we’re unpacking two experiences that sound similar but often feel very different
Nudity offers a lot of therapeutic value in different contexts. Two important therapeutic foci include the comfort of intentional nudity, and the vulnerability of social nudity. These various aspects seem opposing but are not in conflict. Comfort can mean a feeling of ease or familiarity, or forgetting about your body altogether. Being seen can mean connection or vulnerability, or the feeling of awareness that you’re visible without being judged.
So, in this #UndressedThread, we’re asking:
Do either of these things feel more relatable for you—feeling comfortable or feeling seen?
Has nudity changed how you think about self-consciousness or being perceived by others?
Share your thoughts in the comments. 🪐
It's all about comfort for me now, although being seen in social sessions does matter to me. I mean being seen as in I know I am not an Adonis (I am 70 years old), but because I fit in, there's nothing special about me. I feel comfort that I am now retired, I can live most of my life in the nude. It really is wonderful, even alone, but it's much better with others.
Wearing clothes is intentional, not wearing clothes is natural. I have a hard time identifying with this context. Social nudity in an appropriate setting is also natural, not intentional, at least for me. If you are speaking of an inappropriate or questionable setting, then I can relate. Finding myself inappropriately dressed is similar regardless of the setting. If I go to a "black tie" event wearing a t-shirt and flip-flops, I might as well be nude. I have a similar experience when I show up over dressed, but then I simply dress down to fit the occasion.
I don't see how the poll attached to this post doesn't seem related. I chose my face, because that's the truth, regardless of the context of the clothes I may, or may not, be wearing.
~Safebare