Fri, Aug-10-01, 16:15
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Posts: 51
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Plan: Protein Power/CKD
Stats: 183/173/135
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Christine... you don't notice your amazing accomplishment even a little? I understand perception, or more accurately, mis-perception about one's own body. I have been treated for body dysmorphia... when I was a size 3 (gasp), I saw a size 30 (really) in the mirror. My perception was skewed because I was afraid to see who I was on the INSIDE and I was afraid that someone would discover the horrible me... the grotesque image I saw in the mirror every day. Guess what, I faced me, and I ain't half bad. My fears were much worse than reality (they usually are). Today, I'm a size 16 (down from an 18) and I see a size 16 in the mirror... I'm free. Understand, that there can be many reasons our perceptions are distorted... being the victim of cruel taunting (some people's-especially the adolescent's-perceptions are fantasy-based and are unrealistic), trauma, even vanity (although, that's rare).
The fat girl from highschool isn't gone, but she's staying because you've been acquainted with her so long and you don't want to hurt her feelings because she's been hurt enough (I use the word acquainted because a friend would reciprocate your kindness)... perhaps it's time for you to tell her to leave and take her bad eyesight with her.
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