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When loved ones don't understand your eating struggles

My partner doesn't understand why I can't just eat normally and their frustration makes me feel even more broken and alone.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The gap between their perception and your internal experience is creating additional shame and isolation around an already difficult struggle.

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