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When physical danger feels like accomplishment

My blood pressure dropped so low today that I almost fainted but I still feel proud that I stuck to my meal plan and I know this is wrong.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The reward system has become so distorted that bodily harm registers as success rather than warning.

Ideas that help explain it
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