Feb 23 min read
Learning to respect a body I don't recognise...
I don't recognise myself anymore... I hate the body that I'm living in. And I hate that I hate it. My mind feels like a hurricane of self-hatred, and the harsh truth I have to face is that I've gained weight and I don't look like I used to. The weight gain came as a byproduct of my mental health medication. It's funny how something that gave me peace and mental stability simultaneously fractured my self-image. Medication quieted the storm inside my mind, but it changed the la