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"Losing weight isn't going to fix your body image problem, no matter how much you convince yourself you're doing the right thing. You are doing what will make you fit into your perception of what is correct as opposed to realizing that genuine body love doesn't have your mental stability hinging on if you miss a class or eat a piece of pizza"

"All hatred is self-hatred and everything is feedback"

"You should leave your house if in it you're not wanted. There are ways to pay the rent, there is no way to make somebody love you when they don't."

"If you've developed an anxious attachment, it's because your parents were inconsistently attuned to your emotions and your needs. At times you were nurtured and loved but at others they were really intrusive and insensitive. You likely struggle with indecisiveness and fear of the unknown as you never know what treatment to expect from people"

"The core of every emotional issue is a belief that it's not okay. It's not the presence of it that's harmful, its the resistance to it that ultimately screws us up"

"Write down what you hate about other people, this is what you need to change about yourself/your life"

"To fully move on from anything, you must be able to recognize what purpose it served and how it made you better."

"The people who are able to hurt you most are also the people whom you're able to love the most. We aren't profoundly affected by people who aren't already deeply in our hearts"

"Make it your own personal proof that you do not need to be perfect, to be good enough. Ask yourself what you'd do if social media was no object and nobody would know"