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Mental health and body image – Overcoming eating disorders and depression | DW Documentary

  • August 4, 2024



Mental health and body image – Overcoming eating disorders and depression | DW Documentary

For years, Sofia suffered from eating disorders and depression. By talking openly about the issue, she hopes to help others.

Like many young people, 22-year-old Sofia struggled with body dysmorphia for years. She started using her Instagram account, @mechoosinglife, to raise public awareness of mental illness, and provide support to others affected by body dysmorphia. The move marked the beginning of her ongoing healing process, and her conscious decision to choose life.

*[Warning: This documentary addresses the topic of suicide. If you or someone you know is suffering from serious emotional strain or suicidal thoughts, do not hesitate to seek professional help. You can find information on where to find such help, no matter where you live in the world, on this website: https://www.befrienders.org/ ]*

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23 comments

  3. I have a mental health condition that makes me suicidal I pray for better days and everyone else going through mental health ♥️🙏🏼

  4. This world is nothing but a dream, a dream for a lonely 'creator' that needed to create a play/dream/vanitas to keep itself from being alone. I had to share that, that's the ultimate truth, everything I've been through since birth, led me here. Be happy, enjoy your life, it's a short one, and realize this is just a dream and a blip to a creator that is entertaining itself. Much love.

  9. The Meaning of Life:

    Imagine an endless clear glass tube (representative of Time), within which exists a diorama of life on Earth. The left most section depicting our earliest single-celled ancestors (3.5 billion years ago), leading through our present and into a future yet to be experienced (farthest right).

    Notice the tube (Time) and the diorama of life displayed within – exists Simultaneously; Past, Present, and Future all occurring concurrently. Every life form within the history of existence, an interconnected narrative: as 'Futures' cannot exist without Past events.

    Similarly to reading a book, we can only examine moments of our lives which had already transpired (Past), those pages yet read (Future) remain uncertain until experienced (no cosmic spoilers). We can only surmise possible outcomes based on prior events (pages read), although never guaranteeing accuracy of predicting Future events.

    Without the existence of Conscious experiences, there would be Nothingness. Life experiences, Experiences, simply for the sake of experiencing – which is why Life chronically craves varieties of stimuli.

    Our corporeal forms are assigned avatars, which allows Consciousness to experience material reality.

    Works of fiction (books, cinema, video games, etc.), allows individuals to experience an extended Consciousness, whereby our emotional states carry-over into fictional narratives (frustration, anger, joy, elation…). All of this, despite understanding such events are merely virtual (occurring within said individuals imaginations).

    Books are experienced in chronological order instead of a randomized order; in order to maintain a cohesive narrative flow. Within fictional works, every character arc has their entire fate sealed; from inception to demise – luck/chance has already been decided throughout.

    This is also why every Life is experienced through a predetermined progression. Reality is a sensory experience, simply for the sake of experiencing a physical Life.

    the Alchemist
    -Ø1

  11. Here as Mental health Student nurse:
    One step at the time, we are all here to help. Many of us are called “ The wounded healers” we might not know your full story but be sure we’ve got your Back.
    Life is worth the living no matter how difficult.
    Love you all
    ✨✨✨

  12. Dear Sophia I hope you are reading this comment. Please enjoy your life to the fulest. Life is cruel and can be hard sometimes . We all been there more or less. You are beautiful I hope you find someone who makes you even happier. Much love,and dont forget you are loved and never alone.

  14. My mental health is almost exclusively linked to sleep. Other sudden stressors are ameliorated with 30 minute of exercise – I call it the “chill pill”(usually cycling outside for 30min).

  23. Depression and anxiety are monsters most people don’t understand.
    A protein heavy diet will help her recovery, it really helped me — 50% of my issues were solved by heavy proteins. Cigarettes helped me deal with anxiety day to day.

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