Hey folks, this is Risk, the show where people tell true stories. They never thought they

dare to share. I'm Kevin Allison, and every Thursday we release these special episodes

where we look back at content from our earlier years.

Before we start, our episode called Black Lives Number 8 is coming out next year, and we still need

some story pitches for it. If you have a story that touches on being black while living life,

pitch it to us at risk-dash-show.com slash submissions. And now this week, an episode that first ran in December of 2012, this is a loaded episode.

The first story deals with body image issues and weight loss.

It's important to keep in mind that standards of health differ for different people radically.

Hearing about one particular person's goals around health could be downright upsetting for

some folks.

To give a somewhat similar example around my own mental health journey, I sometimes like to learn about this or that

individual's strategies for quote unquote mastering ADHD. But other times, I am really not in the

mood for that. And someone will pop up on my phone or laptop saying something

about ADHD that I personally find downright insulting or demoralizing. So if you're not in

the headspace today for a weight loss story, you might want to skip to the second story.

That said, I also have to warn you that there is a sexual assault in the second story.

I will have some things to say in the middle of the episode when we take the commercial break out.

I want to say some things to prep you for the second story.

So without further ado, from December of 2012, here is the episode we call In My Own Skin.

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