I recently saw this quote: "My body has carried me through hell and back. I will not demean it with my words. I will not punish it with my actions." This has become my mantra this week. I spent over fifteen years abandoning, resenting, loathing, and punishing my body, so I keep reminding myself that, no matter what, I'm not going back to the hell that results from disordered behaviors. I've personally had a significant uptick in negative body thoughts this week, so I appreciate your writing, Abbie, as always!
I am truly grateful for you. Every time you comment, my heart gets a jolt of happiness. Thank you so much for sharing this -- it's beautiful and important. We deserve, at the very least, and relationship with our body that is about working together, not tearing one another apart. I am sending you so much love as you navigate some of those louder thoughts. It always helps me to remember that the goal isn't to never have a negative body thought again (how could we, in this culture?), but rather, it's to move through those thought without self-abandonment.
I recently saw this quote: "My body has carried me through hell and back. I will not demean it with my words. I will not punish it with my actions." This has become my mantra this week. I spent over fifteen years abandoning, resenting, loathing, and punishing my body, so I keep reminding myself that, no matter what, I'm not going back to the hell that results from disordered behaviors. I've personally had a significant uptick in negative body thoughts this week, so I appreciate your writing, Abbie, as always!
I am truly grateful for you. Every time you comment, my heart gets a jolt of happiness. Thank you so much for sharing this -- it's beautiful and important. We deserve, at the very least, and relationship with our body that is about working together, not tearing one another apart. I am sending you so much love as you navigate some of those louder thoughts. It always helps me to remember that the goal isn't to never have a negative body thought again (how could we, in this culture?), but rather, it's to move through those thought without self-abandonment.
Oh thank you so much, Abbie! I so appreciate you saying this!! ❤️