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(Anonymous) 2024-05-24 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)It sounds like you may have some pretty intense body dysmorphia triggers. Your situation is serious, it's completely legit to need to lose weight for medical reasons. At the same time, it's not a reflection on your choices for your health when someone else is different. I used to struggle with thoughts like this and was on the receiving end of something similar, a friend cutting me off because my body and eating habits were different than theirs (both of us were in ED recovery), which they interpreted as me purposefully acting out ED behaviors to trigger them, when really we just were two different people with different bodies who liked eating different things. I was sad the friendship ended, but relieved to have space away from being judged for "doing my health wrong." I also used to get very anxious when characters on TV and friends of mine would talk about dieting in ways that would be unhealthy for me, but as time as passed and I've become more secure in my choices for my body and health, I've come to feel much more neutral, like it's not for me to say what is healthiest for others or to stop people from making unhealthy choices. If someone else gains weight, I don't. If someone else loses weight, I don't. Other people can drink alcohol, it's not healthy for me so I don't give in to the urge to join in. I smoke weed occasionally even though plenty of people I know don't for their own health reasons. Etc, etc. Other people's bodies don't affect mine.
The feeling of seeing other people going through something that sucked/sucks for you (and especially being *happy* with it, ewww) is really painful. Being able to let go of that feeling has been pretty helpful for me.