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How fasting becomes about control when life feels unmanageable

I started doing one meal a day to lose weight but somewhere along the way it stopped being about my body and became about proving to myself that I can still control something when everything else in my life feels chaotic.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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What begins as physical discipline transforms into a desperate grasp for agency in the face of overwhelming circumstances.

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