16. "Beauty standards always hit hardest at home. Relatives and family parties especially. I remember being told I was fat by parents and relatives as early as 6 years old. It’s super weird to think about. It definitely skewed my body image a lot when I was 10–12, being praised whenever I lost weight and being mocked by relatives whenever I gained it."
"By the time I was in high school, they’d gotten really bad; I was skipping meals, binging and purging, buying packs of gum after purging to hide the breath. I only really stopped when I had a strong, supportive friend group in college, which was really good for my mental health. For the most part, I stopped. I only relapsed with purging once my freshman year and once my junior year. Even then, it’s always kind of a struggle to keep checking in with yourself and make sure you treat yourself with respect."
—Anonymous
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