00:00 I remember about age 8 or 9 I got called fat a lot at school. I think looking back on it,
00:07 the kids didn't really mean it. Kids tend to look for whatever they can to get a reaction,
00:14 but I really took it to heart. I thought they were telling the truth and I just became convinced
00:20 that I must be larger, there must be something wrong with me, I must be inherently unlikable
00:26 because they call me these names and they don't seem to like me very much. Social media
00:30 was taking off as I was coming into my teenage years. At the time we didn't know about Photoshop
00:36 and we didn't know about brand advertisements and stuff like that. So it was just this constant
00:41 barrage of people who looked perfect and wondering why don't I look like that. I go through periods
00:48 where I just feel like giving up because I'm big anyway so what's the point in trying to
00:53 eat well and I just overeat. And then I go through periods where I really struggle to
00:58 find the will to eat and it really goes back and forth depending on my mental state. No
01:03 one ever asked me about my relationship with food even though I brought up in a lot of
01:08 therapy sessions with my GP that I had a lot of trouble with food, that I was really struggling
01:13 with my body image, that I felt like something was wrong but I didn't know what. I would
01:18 like more support for people who are struggling but not yet at the point of a diagnosis so
01:23 that we can prevent them from getting to that stage.
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