Encountered an unexpected issue since losing some weight?

Hi all.

I've been a lurker/reader of this community since starting my own weight loss journey in Jan of this year. I've been in a deficit and have implemented daily walking for a couple of hours into my evenings every day, and thankfully I'm on my feet all day at work anyway, and I've dropped 3 sizes since then which I'm quite proud of. I think I'm most proud that this is my first attempt (very long overdue) and I've actually managed to persist and stick to everything.

The issue I'm facing is.... an unexpected one that's a bit hard to put into words? At least eloquently haha. Before I started losing weight, I had, unsurprisingly, a difficult time seeing myself which developed into also having difficulty being able to physically touch my body e.g. my hand brushing my stomach when getting dressed, or feeling my arms when putting them in sleeves and so on. This started to go away when I started to drop sizes after a couple of weeks this year.... but now that I'm down 3 sizes, and my body is becoming smaller (even if I can't 'see' it myself yet?) I'm facing this issue again all of a sudden, but for the opposite reason? I put my hand in my shirt recently to pull up my bra strap and brushed my collarbone. For the first time in a very long time, my collarbone looks and feels more prominent, which makes sense given the weight loss... but I retracted my hand quickly and felt the same way I did when this used to happen whilst 'accidentally' feeling the extra weight. I can't touch there, my neck, my wrists and certain points on my arms without feeling this almost repulsion or flinching / being a little bit freaked out by how it feels.

Disgust feels too strong a word? But it's uncomfortable for sure. Icky? Maybe it just feels wrong? But I don't know wether or not to be concerned essentially. Does anyone else have any experience with this by any chance? It makes sense that I used to feel this way when unhappy with my body, but I'm happier than I've been in many, many years at the moment, and did not expect to feel this way about being smaller. I'm a bit worried it'll continue or only grow worse as I continue towards my goal weight, which is a bit of a significant jump.

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