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| This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. |
Have you ever tried to tell someone who is struggling with
her self-image how beautiful she is? You know she desperately wants to believe
you, but – she – just – can’t. You are upset; you feel rejected. Why won’t she
just believe you?! Why can’t she just see what you see or just trust you when
you tell her how truthfully beautiful she is?
You know she had an eating disorder, but that was years ago
– decades even! She isn’t controlled by those bad eating behaviors anymore, so
she should be able to move on. She’s healed; she’s recovered. It’s over …
right?
She wishes. And so do thousands of others just like her. She
might not even realize what is still holding her back. Yet, just because she changed
how she eats, doesn’t mean the disorder is gone. The reality is that the eating
disorder was a reaction not a cause.
Eating disorders are a reaction to… [Read the rest of my article at the Guiding Star Project Blog]
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