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When spiritual fasting triggers past eating disorder memories

I started fasting for Ramadan three years ago when I converted but this year every time I skip a meal I just think about my eating disorder in college and I can't tell if this is spiritual discipline or if I'm hurting myself again.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The boundary between sacred discipline and self-harm becomes unclear when past wounds intersect with present practice.

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