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Do This If You Want More Body Positivity
Body positivity is all about being comfortable with who you are and who you are becoming.
As I’ve been hitting the gym more and more, my overall mindset has been changing little by little. Yes, I am getting stronger physically and have noticed many things about my body.
But there is also a mental side to all of it as well.
The more that I’m working out, the more that I accept my body.
For most of my life, body positivity was something I didn’t practice. In middle school, I had a problem with overeating and gained a lot of weight. By the time I turned 13, my figure in my mind was unattractive even though I’d say I was overweight around the time.
But that was enough for me to berate my own figure time and again. This eventually got me to trigger a depressive episode that I wallowed in for months. There were other contributors to that episode, but even after I overcame that mentally, I still held myself back a bit due to my own weight.
It was a convenient excuse for me to not exercise, to never date, and develop an overall negative attitude inside of myself despite my cheery nature around friends.
