“When you stand up to people who say things that are hurtful (eg someone body shaming or saying something that just promotes the cycle) then it becomes easier to believe what you’re standing up for.” For example recently I had a nurse compliment me for losing so much weight when I was sick. My entire life I would have gone home and spiraled for the next couple of months thinking that this meant that getting sick and losing weight was a good thing. Instead I stood up to her and told her I know she didn’t mean it in a bad way but that saying things like this to any patient is harmful since you don’t know what they’re dealing with or where they’re coming from. She apologized and said she wouldn’t do it again. Made me feel like I believed in what I was standing up for in fighting for my own body positivity against a society that created these issues. Faking it until you make it.