PSYCHOLOGY OF WEIGHT LOSS

Ironic Process Theory Answered My Weight Problem

How not to think of a polar bear.

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When I first met the Children of God at the tender age of 16, I had been anorexic for about 9 months. I don’t really know how I looked, due to the skewed self-perception of the anorexic, but I would guess I was somewhat skeletal.