Me, myself and my body image: a neverending rollercoaster

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Let me preface this by saying I’m going to be talking about weight and body image today. I feel like some might appreciate the trigger warning. I’m nervous about writing this today because I’m a bit scared to delve into the subject when it can be such an emotive and sometimes controversial one but I think it’s important to cover nonetheless. I also think there are connections between how we feel about being single and how we feel about ourselves – and our body image is obviously a part of that. What I am saying here could be applied to other ways our confidence is knocked by how we look or how we feel about how we look. I have friends who have chronic illnesses, which sometimes make them so bloated they look pregnant, for example. Others who are used to being really muscly might feel this way when they are injured and can’t train. Some people I know feel this way about their skin if they have acne or another skin condition like psoriasis. For me, the issue is fluctuating weight.

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