How can people not be embarrased in changing rooms??

This might seem a daft question but I dont know if its me thats too reserved and private (probably since im mid twenties and still a virgin) or if most people are too embarrased getting changed in front of people in changing rooms etc. I went swimming and couldnt believe how my friends just stripped off and went in the communal showers, Id never be able to do that in front of anyone. They would know what I looked like without clothes.

Is it just me thats too reserved or whatever, is it normal for most people?

Yeah when you actually think about the social construct it is very weird. How thus can happen:

Swimming pool opens at 5am - From 5am, a trickle of men will go into the changing rooms, take their clothes off in front each other in close proximity, use the showers naked before going swimming and repeating said process.

It would seem an absolute pinnacle of campness. The fact that you can come out of the swimming pool and be able to say the following phrase that you couldn't before you entered " I've just seen X amount of men's penises, "

It's TOO gay for my liking.

I hate getting changed infront of people, but to be fair I have quite a big, bumpy and ugly scar on my back. Plus my parents always used to tell me off if my jeans were coming down a bit or my top was rolling up at the back and showing my scar so I was kind of classically conditioned into associating showing my scar with bad feelings of being told off etc etc . . .(those who do psychology or Pavlovs dog in science will know what i'm on about).

It's normal to be uncomfortable in changing rooms. I have had so many class mates through out my school years locking themselves in the bathroom or waiting until everyone left. I, myself, don't particularly like being naked in front of others but I still do it. I did loads of sport as younger so it came with the territory. I have chosen now not to have PE or swim etc because of this and I would never be able to wear a swimsuit in front of someone else. But when I participated in three-four PE classes earlier this year, I did shower with the other girls because I didn't want to be considered weird for changing in the bathroom. And really, how can it be more embaraasing to be in swimwear in front of total strangers including the opposite sex than being naked in front of your friends? If they're good friends, they wouldn't be judgemental of your body, but strangers might be.

Im the opposite if anything Id rather strangers see me naked than friends. This is because friends you see again but with strangers you likely wouldnt see them again so it wouldnt matter what they thought.

I don't really see the big deal, tbh.

Last year I went swimming with a friend at uni. Now, I'm not one of those people who wanders around the changing room naked for ages, but I really don't see the big deal about (preferably brief) nudity in the changing room. I generally try to cover up with my towel, or turn to face the wall/corner/whatever, but if the towel should slip for a minute... meh, tbh. The way she got so shocked, like I'd done something totally heinous - I just couldn't understand it. It's a public changing room, with people changing into different clothes. Nudity will happen.

It's not like I preen and pose for half an hour, wandering round in my birthday suit with wild abandon for all to see; it's just that, generally, I dry myself and dress quicker if I'm not concentrating on trying to keep myself covered up the whole time. I have muscle problems in my hands, for one thing; excuse me if I find it easier to put on my bra when not simultaneously concentrating on holding a towel up. Jeez.

Come on, being naked is a natural thing. Nothing to be embarrassed about, because everyone is naked under their clothes.

I don't really see the big deal, tbh.

Last year I went swimming with a friend at uni. Now, I'm not one of those people who wanders around the changing room naked for ages, but I really don't see the big deal about (preferably brief) nudity in the changing room. I generally try to cover up with my towel, or turn to face the wall/corner/whatever, but if the towel should slip for a minute... meh, tbh. The way she got so shocked, like I'd done something totally heinous - I just couldn't understand it. It's a public changing room, with people changing into different clothes. Nudity will happen.

It's not like I preen and pose for half an hour, wandering round in my birthday suit with wild abandon for all to see; it's just that, generally, I dry myself and dress quicker if I'm not concentrating on trying to keep myself covered up the whole time. I have muscle problems in my hands, for one thing; excuse me if I find it easier to put on my bra when not simultaneously concentrating on holding a towel up. Jeez.