Steph Claire Smith

But even still because of the curve in my back,

my stomach curves forward.

Like if I'm wearing like a bodycon, for example, looking on the side, because of the curving my back, obviously my stomach also does the same curvature.

But I can't even tell you for how long, if I ever saw a photo of me from the side or whatever, that I looked at my stomach and thought of her comment and thought that this is because I've been standing a certain way my whole life that I have created this problem for myself.

So dumb.

Like, it's just so, so stupid.

But it was something that ate me up when I was really in the depths as well with my, like, body insecurities and stuff like that.

And there's no way I would... Like, as in, like, I don't... Again, my stomach for me was actually, like, probably the leanest part of me.

So for that to still have had an issue was very problematic.

And it's just...

For me to be able to recite that comment and to know that a teacher looking after kids can say something like that to a young girl, for me, I think back to that and I'm like, I have a lot of issues with that.

And I just, yeah, it's just for some reason it's been one of those ones that's just stuck with me.

How long do you think it took you?

Do you think you have let it go?

I've let it go now, but I think it was probably like,

I don't know, to be honest.

Like I think it was, I was still insecure about like side photos or whatever and I was still like conscious of it.

And as we all have spoken about so many times, like girls innately, like we're brought up to suck in and to, you know, brace our bellies or whatever.

So I think for a long time I was conscious of it.

But I'm not like I don't care about it anymore.