Discussion If you could modify your body to look however you wanted would you still want to ctb?

[Foolishness]

Just wondering since I've seen a lot of people here comment on how much they hate their bodies.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Yeah, pretty much. While I am not the hugest fan of my appearance, being able to modify it wouldn't do much to change my wanting to ctb. I just don't like being alive that much in general.

 

[AlTheObviousAlien]

Im always told im physically attractive. And honestly most of the time I hate it. But no I hate my mind. I hate how dissociated I've become

 

[Quietist]

No. At least for a while.

Assuming I could modify my body to be male, have all misalignments/injuries structurally restored, be physically attractive, then I could actually live the way I wanted to.

My physical avatar isn't the root of my problems, but it's a big part of them.

 

[Custos]

I don't care how people perceive me, how I look and I'm happy with my body. I do have issues with my weight and how I feel in terms of anorexic thinking, but those are nothing to do with my body itself.

 

[Ariii]

Maybe not if I modified myself to be hot enough to marry an old rich man so I'd never have to work another day in my life xD. But realistically yes

 

[GhostInTheMachine]

I'd probably be less likely to do it, or be able to put it off for longer. A lot of my issues come from dysphoria, but the state of the world wouldn't be better simply because I was.

 

[ChaiTea]

tbh i'd probably make myself hotter so i could prostitute myself before i kms lmao

 

[Pluto]

 

[Johnzaga23]

well if i could become the hottest man alive and bitches are drooling over me and i work as a rich model then I would propably think about it

 

[cosmic-realism]

Nope.I would become a man and be safe.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Given the choice, I'd probably opt for being a young, fit male. I'm a middle aged, overweight female. But sure, that would make my job easier. In terms of attractiveness though, I don't think I trust either men or women enough to want to attract a partner. Especially one who is so focussed on appearances.

Overall though, I don't think it would make me want to live much more though. It would just make it a little easier I suppose.

 

[Apathy79]

I literally can't imagine it changing a single thing. Perks of the hermit life I guess. Appearances only mean something when you talk to people.

 

[mossmoth]

Changing my appearance would fix many of my problems.
- Fix dysphoria
- Make friends easier
- Self-Expression (Wear anything) without judgement
- Honestly do a lot more of ANYTHING without judgement
- Easier to get a job (Would be visibly male + not unattractive)

wouldn't give me energy, motivation, or fix my mind instantaniously, but surely life must be easier to live with a better social network and finances. Wage gap + Pretty privileges are real.

 

[8leveloquenfrn4evr8]

Probably not. Socializing is extremely superficial and I know that my body is consequently part of the reason I have failed in everything that has a social component. Having friends and admirers would lift my spirits and give me ways of remaining buoyant while waiting for a natural death. I might still have existential crises here and there and some of my problems would still haunt me but I would probably be so much better off that I'd be fine just waiting life out even if it didn't transform me into a purpose-driven explorer/risk taker and extrovert.

 

[ma0]

My problems have absolutely nothing to do with my physical appearance, in fact I think I look pretty decent all things considered :P

 

[Namelesa Graves]

My appearance has very little negative effect on me. I am mostly love and comfortable with my body thanks to hrt. Only things I would want to change now are remove balls (can do with surgery which I will hopefully get soonish) get rid of all facial hair (not too big of an issue now as I have no facial hair shadow when shaved) and shorten my height (can't do anything with that with what we have now but not too biggie of a problem.) I literally have a body nearly perfect to me so whatever little changes I do to it won't change my suicidalness at all.

 

[Alice.]

it would be pretty cool, but theres a lot worse things than my anatomy that makes me wanna do the thing i wanna do

 

[astonishedturnip]

Probably not. Pretty privilege and thin privilege are real things. Having life on easy mode and getting surrounded by friends and lovers who see the best in me and never give up on me just because I'm a baddie size 0 wouldn't erase the pain of my grief, but no longer being lonely and feeling secure that I'll have support would absolutely help my mental health.

 

[Unrecognizable7]

It would make my life go from 0.1/10 to 8/10 its all i care about lol

 

[Forveleth]

Nah. While I have dysphoria it has nothing to do with my mental health. I would CTB no matter what I looked like.

 

[TotalEclipse]

Only if I could have non-human features like big triangle ears, fangs, a tail, etc.

 

[FadingSnowFake]

I'm pretty much okay with my body, I mean it's not ideal after having been sick and losing muscles, and I tend to think I'm fat, but it is not part of the reason for being suicidal. I won't want to modify it, a six-pack would be nice but as long as I'm kind of skinny it's okay.

 

[Carrot]

Yes. I look pretty good from what I've noticed, take care of myself really well (visually, apperance), but I have a few objectively bad genetic flaws that I hate and surgeries weren't able to fix that.

It's not the only thing, but it would greatly improve my life.

 

[JesiBel]

I don't dislike my appearance. That's not my reason for ctb. I consider myself 'normal', neither pretty nor ugly, just one of the crowd.

Just for vanity I would make myself a very small 'anime style' nose lol

 

[Cauliflour]

tbh I think I'll probably become more suicidal if I had the power to become super hot.

But then I'll feel like shit if I was ugly sooooo guess I can't win. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[x3la]

No. There are so many things i wish i could change about the way i look, so it would go a long way in making me step away from the proverbial bus stop.

 

[FoxSauce]

Hmm well tbh no

If i did looked "pretty" my brain would still be fucked up it wouldn't change the fact I wanna cbt

 

[Misanthrope0000]

Yeah, I may hate my body but that's not the main reason why I'm suicidal, it's my mental illness and my third world country that are the problem

 

[moonflow3r]

Do I get to change the way I think and see the world as well ? I'm empty , I don't want to feel so empty anymore. My reasons to leave go beyond the physical and have to do more with my lack of skill to live life. It is as if I had forgotten how to be an independent human being who fits in society.