Somatotypes and Mental illnesses

Hi @EnricoPiem,

Thank you for starting another very thought-provoking discussion. It's interesting to consider how our physical characteristics, like somatotypes, might influence our psychology and how society's focus on appearance affects our mental well-being. Social media has indeed changed our perceptions and the way we judge each other quite a lot these days, and it is important to remember that while our physical traits have some role, who we are inside matters just as much.

It seems some of our members might have missed this discussion, so I’d like to invite everyone to weigh in and share their thoughts.

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Do you believe our physical characteristics can shape our psychology? How do you think societal judgments based on appearance impact our mental health?

Your insights and experiences are invaluable to our community. Please join the conversation and let’s support each other in exploring these ideas.

Take care,

Somya from the Carenity Team 🌼

I was diagnosed with postnatal depression in November 2002 when my daughter about 2 months old. It developed in clinical depression during and after I lost the fight to stop my daughter, who is 21 years old now from being forcibly adopted.

I still suffer with depression now, but I went "downhill" so to speak after I'd found out that my late dad had been diagnosed with terminal lung cancer due to smoking cigarettes. What made worse tho is that myself and my fiancé couldn't come and visit my family due to an old work coach of my fiancé's agreeing on something with my fiancé and then changing it after my fiancé had left the job centre when we lived in the North East of England.

My fiancé had only found out that his old work coach had changed something on his agreement when he got home and was going through his commitments before signing them.

My late nanna who is my late dad's late mum came for my daddy in early March 2019.

My nanna passed away when I was still in primary school.

Myself and my fiancé were able to attend my dad's service (I don't like the other word, so I say it's when we said night night to my daddy) and move back to the North West of England thanks to the help from my youngest sister and a friend.

I'm a nanna's and daddy's girl and I ways will be.