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15Apr 2017

As I am…

By Amanda 15 Apr 2017 0 Have Crohn's, will travel, The Real Life Enlightenment, Self Esteem, Self Hatred, travel Permalink 0

I don't know if I've written about it before. But for the longest time - as long as I can remember, I hated myself. I hated 100 different things about the way I looked, walked, ran, worked, thought... you name it, I hated it. I would say all to frequently that the only thing I liked about ...

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