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When pre-wedding fasting becomes identity confusion

I started fasting to lose weight for my wedding but now I am three dress sizes smaller and still feel like I need to keep going until I figure out who I am supposed to be as a wife.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Physical transformation intended to prepare for a new role may reveal uncertainty about which self is authentic enough to inhabit that future.

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