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I know abu , bralesss , how do I stop it bothering me (may be offensive)

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SueSylvesterforPM · 28/04/2011 19:19

this may

I knows its ridiculous, not so much flatchested women but if someone on the saggy/larger breasted side is obviously not wearing a bra, I feel this wave of feeling sick and like a claustophobic feeling like I have to move, itsn ot just a dislike its physical disgust. And its getting ridiculous plus I'm sure the people notice which can't be too nice.

how do I go about stopping this?? and stop being a crazy lady??

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Xales · 28/04/2011 20:35

I hate bras. Have had many 'fitted' in shops. They are all bloody uncomfortable.

Cattleprod · 28/04/2011 20:39

It's not often that you see unfettered knockers though, so it's not unreasonable to feel a little disconcerted when a pair should confront you. It just looks so uncomfortable to me, with the skin straining to hold up two enormous pendulous masses.

crystalglasses · 28/04/2011 20:39

I could never go without a bra; I even wear one in bed. My norks are rather large and very heavy and I get a dragging sensation when I go without. I don't like seeing large breasted braless women, because I'm sure they feel uncomfortable, plus I'm concerned about what gravity must be doing, especially in the case of young women, who don't realsie that one day their norks will be at waist level.

DontGoCurly · 28/04/2011 20:42

@ NormanTebbit

Bloomin' auto correct !!! I was wondering if 'shock braided' was some new high-tech shock absorbing night bra for a minute there! Confused Grin

MillyR · 28/04/2011 20:43

Is it actually true that wearing a bra stops your breasts from sagging in the future? I thought it was a myth. I didn't wear a bra until I started breastfeeding, and mine look alright.

DontGoCurly · 28/04/2011 20:45

....hey speaking of clever future bras.....where is this fabled 'Memory bra' we were all promised would remember the shapes of our boobs ...?

Hmm
FoofffyShmoofffer · 28/04/2011 20:49

Christ! I don't want to remember the shape of my boobs let alone a bloody bra that does it. Thats no use to me.

vintageteacups · 28/04/2011 20:51

So do you mean you get that travel-sick feeling, like when you watch someone chew wool or lick a carpet or you just think it looks not right, them not wearing a bra?

Cymar · 28/04/2011 21:17

PMSL @ Helium Grin. Helium, remember her face is up there

I don't think it's strange to feel sick about boobs not in a bra really. I mean there's loads of other 'strange' things that make people sick, like feet/noses/eyes etc. I know someone who barfed behind a bush after seeing well kept toes. She cannot stand them and hates to go out in the summer in case she spots someone in sandals. She say men are the worst with their bony feet.

ratspeaker · 28/04/2011 21:26

I may have been one of the people gienhg ye the boak
When I had shingles the nerves were aflame from my shoulders, down my back and around my ribs, i had to wear loose t shirts, even then the fabric could make me shudder, wearing a bra would have been excrutiating
So sorry, my comfort was more important than you being offended at a females natural shape

Cymar · 28/04/2011 21:28

Curly, do you think they might make a push-up memory knickers?.........could do with a pair to shove me fat ass in the right directionGrin

TheSecondComing · 28/04/2011 21:34

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Psammead · 28/04/2011 21:36

Nothing useful to add except to grumpily inform you that I shall now be trying to go to sleep with that song 'do your ears hang low?' with the word 'ears' replaced with 'tits' jauntily going around in my head.

ZacharyQuack · 29/04/2011 00:12

So have we got a complete list of the things that women must do to their bodies before they can go out in public?

Feet - dry skin removed, moisturised, toenails polished
Legs - hair removed
Thighs, Arse, Stomach - jiggly bits strapped down
Breasts - Hoisted up, strapped in place
Armpits - hair removed
Arms - bingo wings hidden
Upper Lip - hair removed

Anything else?

What about the men? What do they need to do?

HerRoyalHighnessSarahStratton · 29/04/2011 07:34

Yellow teeth
That gross white spit that some people get in the corners of their mouth
Men wearing vests
Whale tails and tramp stamps
Bitten nails

XMIL never wears a bra. Her tits are like long empty balloons with thimbles stuck on the end.

bonkers20 · 29/04/2011 07:41

The only time this sort of things bothers me is when I see women running without a good running bra and they're practicaly giving her black eyes!
It doesn't make me feel sick though!

nooka · 29/04/2011 07:46

I have only ever worn a bra in late pregnancy and when breastfeeding. I hate them. I'm fairly flat chested but I suspect it's still fairly obvious especially in the summer. If it causes other people problems I really couldn't care less. I have no intention of being uncomfortable (and 'well' fitted or not a bra is a constrictive form of harness and not for me).

I don't know if aversion therapy (spend lots of time with breasts) or perhaps just talking to your self is the way to go for the OP. I find a few things irrationally irritating (especially things involving movement, like people chewing gum) and I cope by getting the irritant out of my line of sight and telling myself to calm down and that whatever it is that is annoying me is not my concern.

SueSylvesterforPM · 29/04/2011 10:40

I feel like that about any braless adult woman btw not just the large of boob.

well I do but flatchested women don't really have anything to erm, flop around.
but 9 inch nails arent a good look either.

Someone mentioned therapy it tbh probs would be good, but I cant imagine to the docs I hate braless boobs, how do I get help lol

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SueSylvesterforPM · 29/04/2011 14:36

because women are meant to force themselves to wear uncomfortable garments whether they want to or not, because their bodies are disgusting and make twats people heave?

there really was no need for that personal attack I've made it very clear thats its an irrational response of my of my own and I even warned people in the title, you didn't read properly or ignore the OP.

the only twat here is you clearly

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HecateQueenOfTheNight · 29/04/2011 16:10

Is it breasts generally that make you feel sick? If you saw a picture of a topless woman would you feel ill? What if the woman had pert breasts? Is it breasts full stop or just saggy ones? Or is it just breasts under clothes?

I am not having a go Grin I just want to understand what it is that you react to. If it is breasts full stop or breasts under clothes, iyswim.

MayBankHoliday · 29/04/2011 16:12

Think about something else?

SueSylvesterforPM · 29/04/2011 20:08

I thinks its like when someone wearing a top has theirs boobs around their waist, the Idea of someone trying to hug me like that really freaks me out to the point of phoboa like behavious tbh the saggier the worse my reaction but I do anyway, I don't like topless pics for that reason. HecateQueenoftheNight

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PunkPixie · 29/04/2011 20:21

I would go braless, but I don't wanna give anyone a black eye if I need to run for the bus!

HecateQueenOfTheNight · 29/04/2011 21:10

It is so irrational that it does sound like a phobia, doesn't it? I think that you can't begin to sort it out until you understand exactly what it is that freaks you out.

What is behind your feeling? Feelings about your own breasts? someone you know / knew?

Because it doesn't affect you in any way if someone doesn't wear a bra, but you have an actual, physical, reaction to it. It's not even just a 'yuck, floppy', but a feeling sick?! Feeling claustraphobic? ( trapped?) Something else is going on there.

I mean, god knows. It could be nothing. It could be someone big floppy titted scared the shit out of you as a kid, it could be you lost someone big breasted to breast cancer, I could be talking out of my arse, it could be feelings about your own breasts, I could have read too many psych books... Grin

It would be worth you really thinking about why you have such a strong physical reaction to this.

It freaks you out. Why? what goes through your mind?

SueSylvesterforPM · 30/04/2011 09:38

I have a relative who goes without and would inssit on huggiing me, she was v. saggy and I remember being able to feel the same, that gut wrenching feeling

and would also insist of dressing like that infront of my mates/bf and I had to amke excuses so people couldnt come round, becasue I couldt find a way opf saying 'cant you put a bra on?' IYSWIM.
its got to the point where I wont sleep without a bra because I can't stand the feeling, when Im getting changed its sickeneing if I get a glimpse.

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