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When destructive experiences create essential growth

My eating disorder almost killed me but it also taught me things about myself that I wouldn't trade and I don't know what to do with that contradiction.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Some wisdom can only be purchased with suffering, creating a complex relationship with experiences we would not choose to repeat.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Grief and gratitude — the paradox?”

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