I have been sitting with this contemplation for many, many years.
It has emerged slowly through my own lived experience of recovering from a severe eating disorder, divesting from diet culture, and learning how to trust myself and my body again.
As a highly sensitive person, I notice patterns, emotional textures and subtle shifts. I experience strong somatic knowing, heightened sensitivity to incongruence (something feels off) and sensitivity to injustice.
Often, I notice things long before I fully understand them or can make meaning from them.
For many years, I did not trust these internal signals……
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