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I am seeing myself for the first time in a year, and it’s absolutely terrifying.

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While you won’t find the word “feeling” or “emotion” anywhere within the textbook definition of fat, it’s a very real experience for many, especially those who’ve ever experienced an eating disorder.

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Be careful about falling into the trap of believing that the peace you need exists in some external thing outside of yourself.

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It wasn’t her voice who said, “We could all stand to lose 10 pounds,” but it was her who wouldn’t let me forget it.

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You can’t love yourself unless you look like a bikini model — everyone who doesn’t conform to society’s arbitrary beauty standards is selling you complete BS.

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There are only a selective few people I feel able to eat in front of. I eat in front of my boyfriend, and that’s pretty much it.

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Our brains are designed to match our outer reality to our inner experience.

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I’ve done years of therapy, of self-help, of journaling, of body positivity, and I still can’t look myself in the eyes.