People who live in their bodies

I lived in my body for the first 33 years of my life.

I then had a massive breakdown and no longer lived in my body after that. Alcohol consumption also had a big role to play in me not living in my body anymore.

There are many benefits to living in your body.

  • You will mostly not be  overweight or underweight
  • You will mostly be fitter than the average person
  • You will live longer than the average person
  • You will likely be sexually active
  • You will feel things

The main downsides to living in your body will be

  • You will be potentially prone to OCD Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • You will get annoyed quickly
  • You may have difficulty with anger
  • Pain in the body may also be an issue
  • You may be a generally obsessive person about many things.

As a child I loved living in and body. I would jump and spin. Climb and swing from tree to tree. I was a master in gymnastics and I was obsessed with sex. As an adult my career was a body career. I was a fitness instructor and a dance teacher. I loved exercise so much, I would do it every day, and often overdo it in terms of exercise.

The other side of this is people living in their heads.

Benefits are:

  • Often highly intelligent
  • Clever
  • Enjoy reading
  • Like to argue 

The downside:

  • You will be prone to rumination
  • You may overthink things
  • You may be overweight or underweight
  • You may daydream a lot

Ultimately one’s goal is to live in the present moment.

5 thoughts on “People who live in their bodies”

  1. Gavin this is so wise and helpful thank you for sharing. I know a bit of how you feel as I too went through phases of living in my body, as a teenager I played highly competitive netball and did modeling briefly, everything was about how I looked I was obsessed. In my 20’s I was also obsessed in the same way you were obsessed but then I got cancer in my late 20s and felt my whole body collapse and disintegrate, it was nolonger reliable, strong or immortal. It was a breakdown of a kind and after this I stopped obsessing over things like money or appearances because I could tell how fragile all that was. I understand….now I’m more of a living in my head person

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    1. Thanks Ruby. I have a neighbour who is 82 and completely lives in his body. He is really wound up, like a spring. He was my inspiration for this post.

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