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Teresa Wu's avatar

This is so relatable—I think most of us, especially women, have probably had this feeling many times. It's also unfortunate we live in a culture that necessitates taking pictures of everything and everyone all the time. It makes us hyperfixated on what the version that's presented of us looks like and how we might control that. thank you for sharing!

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Kaitie's avatar

The way I cried in the shower listening to this, and especially this part: "I should be so much better by now, I think. I’ve had all this time, I remind myself." Sometimes I think, I wish I'd always been this size because even though I know I've have to work on self-acceptance, would it be easier than thinking, "I know what I COULD be doing to be smaller and I'm just not doing it" or knowing a version of myself I used to be? Probably not, but these are the thoughts. Thank you so much for talking about this so vulnerably. I appreciate it so, so deeply.

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