Appearance Anxiety: Body Image, Self-Consciousness, and Sexual Confidence
Appearance anxiety is persistent worry about how one looks or how others may judge one’s appearance, and it can affect body image, confidence, intimacy, and daily life.
Appearance anxiety is persistent worry about how one looks or how others may judge one’s appearance, and it can affect body image, confidence, intimacy, and daily life.
Genital appearance concern is worry or dissatisfaction about how one’s genitals look and may affect confidence, intimacy, body image, and sexual well-being.
Genital self-image is how a person perceives and feels about their own genitals, including appearance, size, shape, function, and comfort during intimacy.
Sexual self-image is how a person perceives and feels about themselves sexually, including attractiveness, confidence, body image, desires, abilities, and sexual expression.
Sexual performance anxiety is worry about sexual ability that may interfere with arousal, erection, lubrication, ejaculation, orgasm, pleasure, or intimacy.
Sexual self-efficacy is confidence in one’s ability to communicate sexual choices, set boundaries, protect health, seek care, and manage intimate situations.
Shameless describes someone or something showing no expected embarrassment or remorse, but the word is also used unfairly to condemn sexual confidence or nonconformity.
Sexual inexperience means having little or no personal experience with sexual activity, intimacy, or particular sexual behaviors.
Inhibition is an internal or social restraint that limits thoughts, feelings, behavior, sexual expression, or communication.
Inhibited sexuality is a pattern of feeling restricted, anxious, ashamed, or unable to express sexual feelings, identity, desire, pleasure, or intimacy freely.