Posted by Dinah on September 7, 2013, at 10:55:13
In reply to The trouble with gyms..., posted by alexandra_k on September 6, 2013, at 22:39:26
Pap tests are awful and leave me shaky all day. I manage to do them, but I have to mildly dissociate to manage. I later can't remember what on earth was discussed. I keep having some sort of intrusive thought that I was supposed to schedule a bone density scan...
I too am modest. I can still remember being bridesmaid for a bride who cheerfully dressed in front of us. I still snuck in the bathroom to change. This is one of the many reasons I got out of PE by taking band in school.
We finally joined a gym. Nothing like you are doing of course. Mostly walking, and occasionally using the machines (which still make me feel sick and dizzy for some reason). But we arrive dressed and leave dressed in gym clothes and change at home. Even when we use the pool we put our pool stuff on under our clothes and leave wettish.
I don't see any reason why you can't be yourself and do what you find comfortable. Unless it gets in the way of whatever socializing you wish to do there. We don't have any real desire to socialize. Just to get exercise out of the brutal heat.
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