The top left is me at age 14, very overweight with bad posture and an even worse self esteem. That summer I overcame my obesity by losing over 60 pounds through diet and exercise. The bottom left is me at 16, with severe cystic acne. In fact, my acne got much worse than it is in that picture that I refused to be photographed for a little less than a year after that. My self esteem was not existent and I hated myself so much I would often find myself muttering self loathing phrases to myself throughout the day. Through experimentation and discipline I found a regimen that cleared my acne nearly completely (message me for info about it), and I still spend about 80 minutes a day treating my face to prevent acne. The right is me now. I pushed and shoved myself through those years of struggling with my weight and acne, along with torturing OCD, debilitating POTS, a rare form of scoliosis called Klippel-Fiel causing chronic pain, chronic sinus infections, and a host of other issues, and I feel I’m finally through it all, not simply because things are so much better, but because I practice self compassion. Now I have a soaring self esteem and I love and accept myself, and I’m not at all ashamed to say that I am proud of my transformation.
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