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I've never really worried about how i look or what other people think but lately i can't stop feeling that I'm too fat or I'm not pretty enough i stopped eating but i still don't feel comfortable. What should i do?

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What is your age? Do you have access to a school counselor. I'd like you to do a search on the internet about dialectical behavioral therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (especially the CBT). This may give you some guidance as to how to try to change the thinking pattern you are experiencing.

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Leigh-Anne Persing, PA-C

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Currently a Physician Assistant in General Surgery. Have personal experience with anorexia and bulimia, as well as eating disorders in pregnancy.

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Personal experience. Health care professional

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Certified Physician Assistant. "A Body to Die for" training for health care professionals (held by the Renfrew Center Foundation)

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