The author reflects on her past struggles with self-esteem and an eating disorder, characterized by her destructive inner critic. Having shared her story online, she realized that many people experience similar negative self-talk. One pivotal moment came when she recognized that her inner critic was not truly herself, allowing her to confront and challenge it. As she began to stand up for herself and replace negative affirmations with positive ones, she experienced remarkable improvements in her life and wellbeing.
I had an eating disorder. Each day was a monotonous cycle of exercising as much as possible and eating as little as I could get away with.
When you start to talk back to your inner critic, your life improves in ways you wouldn't expect.
This voice that took such pleasure in reminding me how utterly worthless I was, wasn't actually my own.
Suddenly, everything changed. Every time I noticed my inner critic calling me lazy and unproductive, I started to stick up for myself.
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