Yeah

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I developed anorexia.

Um, and that was, you know, like, the drive for perfectionism and, um, and wanting to be, like, the best athlete I could be and wanting to fit in, right? Which, you know, given the environment that I was in, was definitely, definitely exacerbated by, you know, like, high pressure athletics and, um, and certain mindsets that were, like, in the culture of being an elite athlete at the time.

And, um, and so to that end, yes, I did push it to an extreme.

It became toxic.

Um, and I don't think it really had much to do with my academics, like, not that balance-

That's really gnarly.

And so I kind of want to open it up to you to tell me, you know, how you've seen this connection and kind of when you reached out, what kind of message do you want to send? And you can also include any part of your personal story because I know it's quite influential for you.

Yeah, absolutely.

Well, I guess I'll just start by sharing a little bit of my personal story, struggling with eating disorders and disorder eating that maybe didn't meet entire criteria for a DSM-5 diagnosis.

But when I was younger, I had a lot of IBS-type symptoms, really starting actually when I was an infant baby.

My mom would tell me stories about how if she ate spicy food, my stomach would like get very gassy and would start undulating and whatnot.

And I would just be in extreme pain.

And so I had a very sensitive tummy ever since I was little.

So you can answer.