I have battled with body dysmorphia and mental health throughout a lot of this journey. I had never thought to take a step back and compare all my progress pictures side by side. It's easy to get lost with where we're at currently and forget how far we have come. Body dysmorphia is a real thing and I'm only beginning to start feeling comfortable in my own skin and with some of my excess skin spots.
When I think of all that's happened in the last 15 months (2022 has been a pretty garbage year personally), I'm so thankful that I began this journey. Physical health has led to helping me improve mental health (also counseling), but I can't even begin to imagine where I'd be today if I hadn't begun this journey. In that first picture, I was miserable, depressed, ate to feel something and was borderline alcoholic. Today my mental health has improved and I'm able to show up for my wife and daughter daily in ways I was never able to before, sometimes because of mental/emotional issues and sometimes because I just physically couldn't show up or do things for them because of my size.
I haven't been perfect on this path by any means and there have been slip ups, days of sadness, etc. but physical health has really helped improve my mental health and both of them combined together has helped this crazy life feel just a little bit better. This subreddit and community has been very helpful to me personally and I thank each and every one of you for encouragement and advice and your own progress and struggle posts. Here's to 2023, friends!
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