121. The Comparison Trap and Eating Disorders

Understanding Disordered Eating

“Here’s what I eat in a day as an *insert social media influencer title here*”

If you’re active on social media, chances are you have scrolled through posts like these. Whether they are “what I eat in a day” or “what I earn in a month” or whatever it may be, they are so common but to be honest, a little toxic.

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"For the most part, every single person that I talk to when they get off social media, they feel worse about themselves, mostly because of this comparison trap." - Rachelle Heinemann

"There's so much that goes into every decision to put something in your mouth, to not eat something, to work out, to not work out. How do you do it? Why do you do it?"- Rachelle Heinemann

"Even if we understand something logically, it doesn't necessarily mean that we can actually implement something different to make us feel better." - Rachelle Heinemann

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