I am not a total prude, but I’ve always possessed a degree of awkwardness about nudity. I can change into swimmers in a communal changing room, but I’ll do it as fast as I can with my eyes fixed to the floor.

So when I read that naturists have higher self-esteem than those who keep their clothes on, I decided to spend a week in the nude in the privacy of my own home to see what I could learn. I hoped that my naked experiment would make me more comfortable with my body and its imperfections.

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