National Eating Disorder Awareness Week: Signs Someone You Know Is Battling One
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Julia Austin
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Don’t shame the topic, but change it
When I was obsessed with talking about bodies, calories, clothing sizes, and the like, I remember some friends who tried to shame me for that. “We shouldn’t talk about this. This is just really typical that women would obsess about this stuff that doesn’t matter.” I felt embarrassed because the person was saying that what interested me “didn’t matter.” I know she was trying to help, but it made me shut down. The friends who handled it well, I recall, would make a small comment in response to what I’d said pertaining to those topics, and then gently change the subject. But they didn’t criticize me for wanting to talk about bodies. They did, however, do the smart thing of taking my mind off of that.
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