If I recall some of the darkest moments in my life, they involve a growling stomach keeping me awake at night, or limbs that feel like lead because I haven’t consumed enough energy to make them move properly, or crouching beside a toilet because I was worried about what that dessert would do to my figure.
What is truly frightening is that my experience is one of the mildest of girls I have met. One would be hard-pressed to find a girl who did not restrict her eating or exercise to a point that couldn’t be healthy in the hopes of counterbalancing something she ate earlier. And that’s just the beginning. I have watched some of my closest friends waste away into nothing because they’d rather be skinny than something. Negative body image is not
What is truly frightening is that my experience is one of the mildest of girls I have met. One would be hard-pressed to find a girl who did not restrict her eating or exercise to a point that couldn’t be healthy in the hopes of counterbalancing something she ate earlier. And that’s just the beginning. I have watched some of my closest friends waste away into nothing because they’d rather be skinny than something. Negative body image is not