Insecure in a swimsuit?

Question

Ok so, I just turned 15 and me and my family are going away on a Covid safe vacation. Thing is, this vacation will involve swimming and other water related activities, meaning that I will have to wear a swimsuit. Usually I would feel happy about this, cause I love the beach and swimming and stuff. But, I haven't been able to wear a full swimsuit since I was 12. I haven't gone swimming in a regular swimsuit since then(except for PE class but I wear a long sleeve shirt and shorts for swim in PE) but I can't wear that on vacation cause then I will def stick out like a sore thumb. I feel really weird for being so insecure since my body started changing, and I really wish i could just get some guts and just go swimming, but it's harder than that. I'm at a healthy weight range and people have told me that I look fine but then their are some people that call me "borderline obese" or they tell me that I look like a "twig". It's all very confusing, and I just wish I could accept myself but no matter how much i work at sports to try and change myself, nothing changes. My called me a "prude" when i told her i want to wear a one piece with no low cut or cutouts, and she chose out bikinis and stuff but I couldn't even walk out of the dressing room in them. I really want to have fun on the trip, but I feel nervous and awkward and I just wish i could get over this whole insecurity thingy. If anyone is struggling with the same thing or has some advice or whatever plz let me know cause I feel desperate at this point lol

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Wear what you feel comfortable in! Who cares if you stick out or some one thinks you’re a prude 🤷🏼‍♀️ I’m 28 and wear ‘modest swim suits’ because that’s what I’m comfortable in. I have so much more fun at the beach and swimming when I’m not trying to keep my boobs from falling out or trying to keep my butt covered. 
Check amazon! They have tons of cute, modest options.

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What about wearing a full body suit like when they go surfing, or a bathing suit that’s more shorts and a tank top type of thing, or a one piece and a wrap around you or the kind that has a little skirt, or the tankini I think they call it try the swimsuits for all website, and maybe they have some thing you would like on there￼. There’s tons of options, and in all honesty I want you to do an exercise for me I want you to get that mean girl out of your head. I want you to take a piece of paper and draw a line down the middle on the left side using I am statements I want you to write all the mean girl things that you say about yourself. I am stupid, I am ugly, I am worthless, etc. and then on the right side I want you to write the opposite with a positive statement. I am beautiful, I am smart, I am worth it, etc. and then I want you to take each positive statement and write it on an individual post it I don’t want you to put them all over the place, and when you see them I want you to repeat them with conviction like a daily affirmation. Eleanor Roosevelt one said no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. You don’t give people that power over you to make you feel bad about yourself, they can kiss your butt. Everyone has an opinion just like everyone has a butt hole, not everyone smells good. Peoples opinions are like dust in the wind, they don’t matter, the only opinion that matters is your own. Love your body, embrace your body, and anyone who doesn’t like it, does it need to be in your life or they can kiss your butt. Life is what you make it, if you are not happy, you change what you can, and what you can’t change, you learn to love, accept, and embrace yourself flaws and all. You’ve got this. I think of it this way anybody that you see on the beach, you’re never going to see these people ever again you’re on vacation. And frankly they can kiss your butt. If they don’t want to look, they don’t want to see you, they don’t have to look at you. If you want to wear long shirt, but knock yourself out, who cares if you feel like you’re sticking out like a sore thumb, you wear whatever the heck you want to wear. It’s your vacation, you’re there to have fun, not to fight and argue, but to embrace life and enjoy it￼￼

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Well I wear modest swim wear for other reasons.     I dont give a flip what anyone else thinks of me.  Prude or not it isnt their body and it's not their choice on what I put on it.  Same for you.  Its your decision no one elses.    I usually wear shorts and a sleeveless sport top.   It's ok to be confident in what you wear and your body.  It's yours and takes care of you.  You should be proud of it!

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I think you need to enjoy your vacation and if you’re worried about your body changes get a cute swimsuit coverup.

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Wear what you feel comfortable in.  There are tons of options for rash/sun guard shirts, board shorts, and sporty swim skirts.   I wore a combo of all of those recently on a beach vacation.  No one paid one bit of attention to it.

Insecure in a swimsuit?

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