Everything Will Be Okay When…
The lies we tell ourselves that keep us distracted from actually being okay
Once I lose the weight, everything will be okay. I’ll never binge again. Never feel discomfort in my body again. Never feel my heart break when I look in the mirror.
I’ll never have to struggle again. I won’t feel the pain or chaos of daily life. My perfect body will protect me from all of that.
And I’ll be loved. Everyone will love me because I’d be beautiful. I’d look like a woman is supposed to look. Most importantly, a man would love me — a man, which is the only kind of partner that counts for a woman in this culture. A man would love me and find me sexually attractive and then…
Everything would be okay.
Nothing bad can happen to you if you have a boyfriend. Or better yet, a husband. No one will ever hurt you again. Nothing that happens in the rest of your life will negatively affect you because the fact that you have a man will shield you from it all.
You’ll always feel loved. Always feel appreciated. Always feel seen. Always feel desired. Once you find him, finally, finally…
Everything will be okay.
One day, you’ll have a baby, and the world will finally be right. After a lifetime of…
