After ordering it a size too large, it simply did not fit. She was aware that she had put on a little weight, but this... Perhaps it was just a misplaced button. No. The top button was too tight and the second gaped.
Overcome with disappointment and depression, she looked one more time in the mirror. Then she carefully took the skirt off and fastened it to its plastic hanger. The thought that she no longer had the figure of a 15-year-old should have occurred to her years ago, but self-image is stubbornly resistant to change.
The next day he showed no sensitivity as he callously suggested that she might lose weight before next summer. She managed to control her hurt. "No. I'm not sure I can keep it off," she answered stoically as she stuffed a marshmallow with peanuts and popped it into her mouth.
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I've learned through sad experience that eating-your-troubles-away is not the best approach when facing your anxiety over weight gain.
However, I have not learned through any experience what an effective approach actually is.
Let me know if you come up with anything.
As a professor of psychology, I can only report what research has revealed: when bummed out, write it in a journal and read and reread your entries until you can make sense of them. As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I can tell you what the prophets say: when bummed out, write it in a journal and read and reread it, get a priesthood blessing, study, ponder, and pray. Listen and do what you are inspired to do. Works for me--no kidding
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