What I See When I Look in the Mirror
I’m Not the Same Person I Was
5 min readMar 6, 2022
I’ve always had problems with seeing myself for who I am. Yes, I recognized my image in the mirror, but an eating disorder, body distortion, and a lack of self-love as a teenager and young adult led to a skewed image.
It wasn’t until I hit 40 that I started to see myself without a critical filter — and I came to appreciate the…