weight issues

  • Why I’m Anxious 

    My social anxiety, I think, was born out of a need to be loved; to be accepted. And indeed I was accepted, but only under certain conditions. First, as the fat one. Then, as the stuttering one. Followed by smart, the the snooty intellectual. Whenever I tried to show that I was more than just…

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  • You Are Beautiful

    I fell into this belief that beauty is skin deep. Not just that, but that I don’t make the grade. To be honest, I have felt this way for as long as I can remember. Being overweight,then pimply, really made me self-conscious. In many respects, I unconsciously carry around those extra kilograms still. And this…

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