My husband keeps trying to 'help' me feel better about my body after my mastectomy by telling me I'm still beautiful, but his reassurance feels hollow when I catch him looking away when I'm undressed. We both don't know how to navigate intimacy and attraction when my body has changed so dramatically from cancer treatment.
More people experience this than they realize.
Physical transformation from illness creates a gap between intended support and authentic response that both partners feel but neither knows how to bridge.
“Where Are You with Body image and self-perception?”
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