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Why weight loss can feel like losing yourself

I've lost sixty pounds and people keep complimenting me but I feel like I'm disappearing and no one notices that part.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

External validation of physical change masks an internal experience of diminishment and invisibility.

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“Where Are You with Body image and self-perception?”

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