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Hello, what's up, you guys?

Welcome to this week's episode of Don't Think,

the podcast for anybody who does the exact opposite of that

and never stops thinking. Today we're taking a break from our brains to talk about something

that it really isn't a break at all talking about. None of the things we talk about on the show

are really like a break from our brains because they're all pretty dark usually. Sometimes I do like a lighthearted

episode dating, a little bit of pop culture mixed in, but sometimes we go dark. And today we're

going to the depths of darkness. No, we're just going to be real about something I've been asked to

talk about a lot of times, but I put it off because I'm kind of like, no, I don't have anything to say about that. It's not me. It's not my

brand. But that's just a lie. You know, that's just me being in denial. And what we're talking

about today, and this comes to the trigger warning, is body dysmorphia, disordered eating, even,

you know, just disorder eating tendencies, that sort of thing. Okay, so trigger warning, if this is

something that's hard for you to discuss, hard for you to hear about or think about, that is the

topic for today. So listen at your own discussion.

So one thing that I find it's funny being online, being a social media personality, because especially

as a woman, you are susceptible to an incredible amount of criticism on your appearances,

your body. Of course, it's all uninvited and, in my opinion, unwarranted. I don't think anyone

deserves commentary on their body unless they're literally asking for it. But to a degree,

it comes with the job and, you know, you'll hear people

say that. Well, what do you expect if you put yourself online? People are going to criticize

you. People are going to show their opinions. Like, of course, yeah. I get that. But what's

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