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When eating in public triggers shame and paranoia

I can't eat in front of my coworkers because I'm convinced they're judging every bite I take and thinking about how much space my body takes up.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your internal shame about eating and existing in your body is being projected onto others, creating a social world filled with imagined judgment and surveillance.

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“Where Are You with Food relationship and disordered eating?”

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