Idk
I’m a competitive swimmer and all I can think of is staving myself to be able to be prettier and just better but I know I can’t because I would pass out at swimming and then people would know. But I can’t eat anything without this awful feeling of guilt.
@charlie22008 Hi. What an awesome sport. What perfection are you trying to reach? If you could be the thinnest, prettiest and worlds best swimmer, then what? You’re more than your looks, more than your athletic ability. You have the privilege of being alive, of having water to swim in, of choosing whether or not to eat. You also have the choice of loving yourself or clinging so hard to a perfection that it causes you suffering and possibly injury. Try not to cling to a perfection that truly cannot be achieved - there is always potentially someone faster, stronger, more - but what shall you tell your child (if or should you have one some day)? Will it be, “I will love you on this condition, you must be the absolute best beyond everyone,” or would it be, “I love you no matter what.”? Why be any less loving toward yourself?
— All the best