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There is a brief and beautiful moment when I wake up each morning. Sunlight streams in through my bedroom window, glowing green from the maple leaves it shines through. I wake up in a home I love, doing work that means the world to me, ready to tackle the day ahead.As a fat person, and as a person who struggles mightily with an, I know the way that even small tasks can become a minefield.
We are in the midst of a pandemic, unlike anything most of us have seen in our lifetimes. Collectively, we are up against a deadly virus. And to save ourselves, and the most vulnerable among us, each of us have radically reconfigured our lives.Everything has changed. But even in the midst of massive layoffs and unemployment, a life-threatening pandemic, and so much more, many retain a laser-like focus on our own bodies, trying desperately to retain their shape, stunt their growth.
The way through this trying, troubling moment is deceptively simple: to extend ourselves as much grace and compassion as we can. Eating disorders whisper vicious messages about our worth, our intelligence, our capacity to be loved. They present an enticing and false sense of control, mastery over an unruly world in a frightening moment. And when those messages slither into our minds, they grow and grow and take up more and more of our thoughts and hearts.
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