Why Do We Panic Before We Get Dressed?

Let’s be honest—no one talks about the mini emotional meltdown that sometimes happens between the towel and the outfit. We call it “I have nothing to wear,” but that’s rarely the truth. The truth is deeper… and a lot more familiar.

We panic because our closet is full of clothes that don’t feel like us anymore. We panic because we’ve changed—physically, emotionally, hormonally—and our wardrobe is late and hasn’t gotten the memo.

We panic because we’re dressing not just for the day, but for an unspoken expectation, an audience, a version of ourselves that doesn’t exist anymore… or never did.

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Our clothes feel like a costumes for life that is often emotionally draining, regardless of your body’s size.

And worse? We’ve internalized the idea that if the clothes don’t fit, we’re the problem.

We do this despite the fact that every brand has a different size chart and every body has unique proportions be they big or small.

That if the outfit doesn’t “work,” then we must not be working hard enough. Cue the shame spiral.

There a ton of landmines in the industry that you know are there, you are told to ignore by marketing/society, but you can feel it reverberate through you when you encounter them.

Fashion is an art, but the industry doesn’t prepare us for growth—it prepares us to shrink due to its minimal legal protections available and the fact an industry almost laser-focused on the feminine aspect, is almost entirely controlled by men.

Female leadership is actually shrinking in retail and online fashion. Female CEOs made up 14% of ready-to-wear industry in the 2022/2023 cycle. That’s a freaking insane decline of 31% from the previous year. The numbers from last year have yet to be released. (UnityMarketing.com)

85% of total U.S. spending is done by women (Forbes.com), so it is within the interest of the industry to have “suggestions” become so strong they morph into societal norms.

And that dissonance? That’s the part that makes your chest tight when you open the closet.

This is why Closet Peace™ exists. Not to give you more to wear, but to give you back the feeling of choice, alignment, and ease.

So that instead of a panic, you feel a “Yes.” So that getting dressed feels like you again—on purpose, and without apology.

You’re not overreacting. Your body just misses being seen with kindness.

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