I had to stop when I was 17 with professional training in parts due to my anorexia 😢 I tried to pick it up 4 years later again but it ended in a direct relapse.😵💫I don’t think I will ever be able to do ballet but I found joy in more body positive types of dance. I do Rock and Roll with my partner 🕺and PoleDance 👠on my own now - that’s so fun! And I don’t have to worry about the horrible body image and leotards and mirrors in ballet. Also I have my final medical state examination to become a doctor next month😳😅 😊
I was one year from going on point. I wanted to go profesional. Quit and stopped because my body was “too big”. They said I had the body of a soccer player, but the thing is I did play soccer. It was one or the other and I chose soccer because my coach never told me anything about my body, unlike my ballet instructor.
I was forced to quit ballet, jazz, and tap even tho I loved it as a kid due to fainting backstage after a comp because I hade refused to eat anymore than an apple over the course of almost three days. I still look in the mirror and want to cry. I am of healthy weight but it doesn’t matter.
I did ballet for 8 years and became severely underweight, I quit at 13 then took up cross country and track and field, now I’m stronger than ever and thriving!
I’ve been doing ballet for 12 years and pointe for 2 years (I’m 16 btw) and I feel so lucky to have such a safe studio where it doesn’t matter what you look like whatsoever we come to share our love for dance and nothing more. I struggle with body image from time to time as everyone does and when I’m having a bad day we’re allowed to wear a looser shirt over our leos if we ask. Most costumes my studio has don’t fit me right because I have a bigger chest and wider hips and I never get shamed for it. The costumes will get adjusted no questions asked. I feel so lucky to have such an amazing studio ❤️🫶🩰
Terrible 😭. Developed bulimia when I was rlly young and spent in total almost a year of my life in and out of hospitals and in patients. It’s been really hard learning to like my body after everything but I’m really trying!
It’s awful thanks for asking. I’ve been dancing since I was 3 at the same studio, I just turned 17, and I’m staying until I graduate. I love dancing because there’s just something about it that makes me feel free but at the same time I hate ordering the costumes because my teacher only orders them in a size medium or one size fits all. So since she orders medium for everyone it doesn’t fit all of us right, I wear extra large or two x, most of the other girls are extra small-medium. The teacher is really nice and understanding and meets us where we’re at with our progress so that’s not a problem, the problem is she expects all of us who vary in size to all wear the same size leotard. The huge wall mirrors don’t help either because they go all the way from the ceiling to the floor straight across one wall, like a professional studio would, and we do a lot of our warm ups facing the wall with the mirror; we do a lot of jumping and my chest is fuller than the other girls’ chests so mine moves the most when we jump and I hate it. Thankfully the teacher is body positive and doesn’t pressure us to lose weight and even advised against it sometimes if we go to a competition because she knows that could end up with us having an eating disorder. I’m not saying she tells us to not lose weight she just tells us if we want to lose weight make sure we’re doing it for the right reasons and she makes sure we don’t skip meals or restrict ourselves from food because we don’t like how we look and think we should punish ourselves via restricting food. Long story short my teacher isn’t the problem with my body image, it’s really all the skinny girls in my class complaining about being skinny or not being able to gain weight.
I’m so sorry you feel isolated in that way! You sound very self aware. I think you will find some love for you and realize how beautiful you truly are. Being a teenager is tough!! you sound like you have a good head on your shoulders. Keep growing and doing things that make you joyful! keep eatin keep dancin baby!
@@krystinehamre7851 thank you. One reason I keep going is because even when I don’t see myself as pretty or beautiful my best friend does. She can tell when I’m having one of my bad days when I don’t feel the best and she tries as hard as she can to make it better, I do the same for her when she’s having bad days. I used to think I had to earn meals when I was 14 and 15 and would skip some meals like breakfast or lunch when it would be a “every man for himself meal” day but I’m doing better now. I have affirmations taped to my mirror, the one I hated looking at; I’m learning to love my body again after hating it for 2 years starting at 14 and kind of ending at 16. My goal for after high school is to help other teenage girls learn to love their bodies with a biblical understanding.
The song choice 😂😂 I love it but it deffo was one of the aspects that contributed to developing an ED and having only returned to dance in the last year now I’m in my 20s it’s something I really have to keep in check so it doesn’t take me backwards. It’s like my brain is hard wired to compare EVERYTHING
It’s why I quit dancing competitively at the age of 12. It all just stop being fun and got too serious with my partner, my body, just everything ( I was a ballroom dancer)
i had to quit after 10 years because i was already developing an ed and i had no emotional support so i knew it would get worse and i quit even though it was my favorite thing. i've gone back to class a couple times a year since then but to this day after the third or fourth week in a row of dancing my ed tendencies come back. i'm almost 30
I only did it for 5 years but I was young and those aspects became what I saw about everyone and now I feel terrible because I can’t rebuild a new perception other than the one I built when I was 5
Hii I love your channel so much it's helped me a lot x I've been dancing since I was six (I'm 14 now) and I've been on Pointe for about 7 months now haha. I was the tallest, long-limbed child ever when I was younger, but as soon as I hit 10 (ish) I started growing a lot more leg muscle because of all the other sports I've done over the years. My dance school is so lovely, and made up of people of all shapes and sizes, but I never feel like I fit in, as all the really successful ballet dancers (especially in the English Youth Ballet) are thin and don't have the somewhat bulky legs I have. It makes me really self-conscious sometimes, but the show must go on, right? 😅😅😅 I hope anyone reading this finds their confidence and never loses faith in themselves or their abilities If you have the passion and the heart, you're already an amazing dancer ❤ (Ooh also do we have any teen ballet dancers or anyone just starting Pointe? Hiiii!) 😂💗
Terrible i always looked at the other girls and thought they have a "dancers body" and me my thighs are to big im tok curvy and all the girls at flat chest and im so different. Doing dance is gun until you reach one point and you do is judge you self and start saying things like "thats why im not at the front" or " i don't deserve to be on stage"
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I had to stop when I was 17 with professional training in parts due to my anorexia 😢 I tried to pick it up 4 years later again but it ended in a direct relapse.😵💫I don’t think I will ever be able to do ballet but I found joy in more body positive types of dance. I do Rock and Roll with my partner 🕺and PoleDance 👠on my own now - that’s so fun! And I don’t have to worry about the horrible body image and leotards and mirrors in ballet. Also I have my final medical state examination to become a doctor next month😳😅 😊
Glad you’re doing well
Congratulations!!!!!! ❤️
ballet gave me body dysphoria before I even knew what body dysphoria was 👌
I was one year from going on point. I wanted to go profesional. Quit and stopped because my body was “too big”. They said I had the body of a soccer player, but the thing is I did play soccer. It was one or the other and I chose soccer because my coach never told me anything about my body, unlike my ballet instructor.
I was forced to quit ballet, jazz, and tap even tho I loved it as a kid due to fainting backstage after a comp because I hade refused to eat anymore than an apple over the course of almost three days. I still look in the mirror and want to cry. I am of healthy weight but it doesn’t matter.
My audible “ha” came from my soul.
I did ballet for 8 years and became severely underweight, I quit at 13 then took up cross country and track and field, now I’m stronger than ever and thriving!
I’ve been doing ballet for 12 years and pointe for 2 years (I’m 16 btw) and I feel so lucky to have such a safe studio where it doesn’t matter what you look like whatsoever we come to share our love for dance and nothing more. I struggle with body image from time to time as everyone does and when I’m having a bad day we’re allowed to wear a looser shirt over our leos if we ask. Most costumes my studio has don’t fit me right because I have a bigger chest and wider hips and I never get shamed for it. The costumes will get adjusted no questions asked. I feel so lucky to have such an amazing studio ❤️🫶🩰
Terrible 😭. Developed bulimia when I was rlly young and spent in total almost a year of my life in and out of hospitals and in patients. It’s been really hard learning to like my body after everything but I’m really trying!
It’s awful thanks for asking. I’ve been dancing since I was 3 at the same studio, I just turned 17, and I’m staying until I graduate. I love dancing because there’s just something about it that makes me feel free but at the same time I hate ordering the costumes because my teacher only orders them in a size medium or one size fits all. So since she orders medium for everyone it doesn’t fit all of us right, I wear extra large or two x, most of the other girls are extra small-medium. The teacher is really nice and understanding and meets us where we’re at with our progress so that’s not a problem, the problem is she expects all of us who vary in size to all wear the same size leotard. The huge wall mirrors don’t help either because they go all the way from the ceiling to the floor straight across one wall, like a professional studio would, and we do a lot of our warm ups facing the wall with the mirror; we do a lot of jumping and my chest is fuller than the other girls’ chests so mine moves the most when we jump and I hate it. Thankfully the teacher is body positive and doesn’t pressure us to lose weight and even advised against it sometimes if we go to a competition because she knows that could end up with us having an eating disorder. I’m not saying she tells us to not lose weight she just tells us if we want to lose weight make sure we’re doing it for the right reasons and she makes sure we don’t skip meals or restrict ourselves from food because we don’t like how we look and think we should punish ourselves via restricting food. Long story short my teacher isn’t the problem with my body image, it’s really all the skinny girls in my class complaining about being skinny or not being able to gain weight.
I’m so sorry you feel isolated in that way! You sound very self aware. I think you will find some love for you and realize how beautiful you truly are. Being a teenager is tough!! you sound like you have a good head on your shoulders. Keep growing and doing things that make you joyful! keep eatin keep dancin baby!
@@krystinehamre7851 thank you. One reason I keep going is because even when I don’t see myself as pretty or beautiful my best friend does. She can tell when I’m having one of my bad days when I don’t feel the best and she tries as hard as she can to make it better, I do the same for her when she’s having bad days. I used to think I had to earn meals when I was 14 and 15 and would skip some meals like breakfast or lunch when it would be a “every man for himself meal” day but I’m doing better now. I have affirmations taped to my mirror, the one I hated looking at; I’m learning to love my body again after hating it for 2 years starting at 14 and kind of ending at 16. My goal for after high school is to help other teenage girls learn to love their bodies with a biblical understanding.
Honestly I was at a very good and safe dance studio where I never felt bad
The song choice 😂😂
I love it but it deffo was one of the aspects that contributed to developing an ED and having only returned to dance in the last year now I’m in my 20s it’s something I really have to keep in check so it doesn’t take me backwards. It’s like my brain is hard wired to compare EVERYTHING
It’s why I quit dancing competitively at the age of 12. It all just stop being fun and got too serious with my partner, my body, just everything ( I was a ballroom dancer)
yeah it's pretty bad :( i loved dancing and still do, but it made me overanalyze every part of my body and others :(
i had to quit after 10 years because i was already developing an ed and i had no emotional support so i knew it would get worse and i quit even though it was my favorite thing. i've gone back to class a couple times a year since then but to this day after the third or fourth week in a row of dancing my ed tendencies come back. i'm almost 30
I only did it for 5 years but I was young and those aspects became what I saw about everyone and now I feel terrible because I can’t rebuild a new perception other than the one I built when I was 5
Honestly I feel like it made me feel better about my body bc I learned how to control it
I was lucky to go to a dance studio that protrcted us from those sorts of comments and pressure
It gave me body dysmorphia
I still do it and currently have an ED
Hii I love your channel so much it's helped me a lot x
I've been dancing since I was six (I'm 14 now) and I've been on Pointe for about 7 months now haha. I was the tallest, long-limbed child ever when I was younger, but as soon as I hit 10 (ish) I started growing a lot more leg muscle because of all the other sports I've done over the years. My dance school is so lovely, and made up of people of all shapes and sizes, but I never feel like I fit in, as all the really successful ballet dancers (especially in the English Youth Ballet) are thin and don't have the somewhat bulky legs I have. It makes me really self-conscious sometimes, but the show must go on, right? 😅😅😅
I hope anyone reading this finds their confidence and never loses faith in themselves or their abilities
If you have the passion and the heart, you're already an amazing dancer ❤
(Ooh also do we have any teen ballet dancers or anyone just starting Pointe? Hiiii!) 😂💗
It’s like you see me lol
I got my pointe shoes this year but it might be my last year dancing
I literally couldn’t no more it gave me bulimia
Me but with cheerleading for 15 years 🥲
I did dance for 10 years my body image is terrible
Ive done gymnastics for 7 yrs, im 13 and ive had an ed for 4 years baha
Same over here, wheelgymnast and had to quit due to it
Actually I did martial arts but it was pretty bad 😅😅
Terrible i always looked at the other girls and thought they have a "dancers body" and me my thighs are to big im tok curvy and all the girls at flat chest and im so different. Doing dance is gun until you reach one point and you do is judge you self and start saying things like "thats why im not at the front" or " i don't deserve to be on stage"
Not great
Its the complete opposite of good
Not great