The Mirror Shows Lies, The World Shows Truth
The revolution begins with self-compassion. Seeing my body as a friend would see it. This is self compassion body image.
November 2025
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I Look Fine While Falling Apart
When Looking Fine Hurts: The Philosophy of Being Unseen I look fine. That’s the problem. The cashier at the grocery store rolls her eyes when I ask for a chair. I’m thirty-nine years old. Look healthy. Look normal. But chronic fatigue makes standing in line feel like drowning on dry land. “You’re too young to
November 2025
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Dr. Google Will See You Now
Online diagnosis feels like control. The internet offers probability without presence—information without wisdom, data without diagnosis. It’s the familiar googling symptoms anxiety that keeps us in limbo.
November 2025
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The Digital Deception
Body dysmorphia used to be rare. Now it’s mainstream. We all scroll through perfection.
November 2025
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The Mirror’s Motivation
Vanity gets you started. Health is sustainable energy that doesn’t need anyone’s approval. That’s fitness motivation that lasts.
November 2025
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The Strangers Who Know My Body
This is medical intimacy—close without being personal. In that examination room, doctor-patient boundaries create a different kind of trust. Professional distance makes care possible while keeping the self intact.
November 2025
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The Wrong Size Room
This aging body is right for this consciousness. Thoughtful. Careful. Shaped by years.
November 2025
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The Pain That Has No Name
Depression is as biological as diabetes. Anxiety is as chemical as any physical disease. Both are real, both deserve healing—ending mental health stigma.
November 2025
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The Only Home I’ll Ever Own
But whether I survive this or not, the lesson remains: This body is my only true home. But until then, I’m done being a negligent tenant. Every other home I’ve had, I left behind.
November 2025
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The Dice That Were Thrown Before We Were Born
He’ll learn that the genetic lottery is real. That it’s unfair. That it shapes everything from the moment of conception.
November 2025
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