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Social Media Filters: how they work against body ositivity and self-esteem

Social Media Filters: how they work against body ositivity and self-esteem

Have you ever been on Snapchat, or another social media platform, and started using beautifying filters and all of a sudden you accidentally click out of it and see how your face actually looks? Maybe you frantically try to get the filter back, or maybe you’re thinking “Yikes, what’s going on with my face?”. Has that ever happened to you? Yeah... me neither. Actually, if I’m honest with all of you, this has happened to me. It’s like when you go to take a picture and your rear facing camera is on and the screen displays THE WORST angle of your face. You have the image now? So do I, and it actually makes me laugh. I digress. 

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"Dear Eating Disorder": Do Eating Disorders Cover Up Deeper Issues? (Part 3 of 4)

"Dear Eating Disorder": Do Eating Disorders Cover Up Deeper Issues? (Part 3 of 4)

I remember when you came back into my life, loudly promising me that I would lose the weight this time and how you dared me to hope that achieving my ideal was only a few months of restricting away. I didn’t know that when I gave you an inch, you would take a mile. I know you are trying to reassure me that things will get better once I look a certain way, but I am becoming more and more convinced that you are not trustworthy at all.

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 "Dear Eating Disorder": Begin to Believe Change is Possible (Part 2 of 4)
Stories of Hope & Change, Counseling Andrea Munday Stories of Hope & Change, Counseling Andrea Munday

"Dear Eating Disorder": Begin to Believe Change is Possible (Part 2 of 4)

I’ve been thinking about how we met and built our relationship. I am starting to realize how I needed you, how I felt like you could help me solve my problems. I really thought this could work, but I think we need to redefine our relationship. I am realizing something else, I think you may be covering up for some bigger, scarier issues. Can you please be quiet for a minute so I can hear what’s going on inside me?

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