For me, one of the hardest parts of recovery was reappearing after treatment, in public and online, as a healthier me.
Since being weight recovered, I have spent an excessive amount of time policing my online profiles, maintaining control over who takes my photo, and only selectively allowing them to appear on social media.
After treatment I was terrified of what people would think and say when they saw my once emaciated face filled in, and my revived body filling out my clothes. Ashamed and fearful, I sat at home, nostalgically clinging to old photos of the “thin me” and clothes that would never fit me again.
Although my struggles with the self-promoting Internet world stemmed directly from my personal recovery process, the overarching problem extends even beyond those who suffer from eating disorders. The broader issue is that the Internet has become a platform to advertise and seek approval of our appearances, and this has only been exacerbated by the “selfie” phenomenon.
If you are feeling particularly beautiful and confident or proud of what you are doing or where you are, there is absolutely nothing wrong with sharing it on social media. But is that the driving force behind selfies?
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