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When friend groups share historical somatic coping mechanisms

My college roommates and I all developed eating disorder behaviors during our sophomore year, and now we're adults who can't figure out how to stay friends without falling back into those competitive body patterns.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Shared maladaptive somatic patterns can become the hidden foundation of relationships, requiring conscious renegotiation to preserve connection while supporting healing.

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“Where Are You with Somatic symptoms — when the body holds the mind?”

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