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How external comments trigger eating disorder relapse

I ate normally for six months and then one comment about my appearance sent me spiraling back into restriction like no time had passed at all.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Recovery remains vulnerable to environmental triggers until internal worth becomes independent of external validation.

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