Karen Wang, 23, Pleasanton

This year, as part of our Take Back The Beach program, we are asking YOU to tell us about your experiences with body talk and self-perception. Below, one reader's story. "You Need To Remember To Love Yourself First Or No One Will" I wake up to the usual procession of two immaculately timed alarms. Blinking hard, I rotate the knob on my pink Himalayan sea salt lamp to counteract the already dawning dose of S.A.D. or seasonal affective disorder (self-diagnosed, of course). The curtains...