tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511986199021419406.post8528599018089322125..comments2023-05-24T14:59:46.902+01:00Comments on Confessions of a cupcake queen: You Look Well!Jackie Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074495630673364674noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511986199021419406.post-38643440831523134642012-07-01T17:55:08.023+01:002012-07-01T17:55:08.023+01:00This post gives me such hope! I am an expert at t...This post gives me such hope! I am an expert at twisting words into way worse than they were intended. Can't wait to graduate from that class :) LOVE the quote at the bottom. Might have to borrow that one! xoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021412971457928634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511986199021419406.post-32977703126768492902012-07-01T14:47:14.583+01:002012-07-01T14:47:14.583+01:00you need to keep remembering this at all times :) ...you need to keep remembering this at all times :) You have a wicked nameJackie Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074495630673364674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511986199021419406.post-30270305624747122202012-07-01T14:46:23.486+01:002012-07-01T14:46:23.486+01:00I also think on the flip side of this is when you ...I also think on the flip side of this is when you no longer 'look' ill and people make the assumption you are 'better.'If you are still in that mindset it can really screw you up!!Jackie Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074495630673364674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511986199021419406.post-56674662521492245142012-07-01T09:39:37.085+01:002012-07-01T09:39:37.085+01:00I could really relate to this. Even though others ...I could really relate to this. Even though others may mean well at times, comments such as "you look well" can be difficult to process. It is such a great feeling when you reach the point in recovery where such remarks are embraced as compliments above all else. xoKylie-Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08943443541282868324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7511986199021419406.post-71733994806910084532012-07-01T05:09:12.664+01:002012-07-01T05:09:12.664+01:00this is SUCH a breakthrough when those comments do...this is SUCH a breakthrough when those comments don't make you feel so bad but instead feel proud and happy. for the longest time, i would cringe and want to crawl inside myself when people made those comments but i am able to better handle them now. i still do feel sensitive to it at times when i think i am feeling more vulnerable about my body image but for the most part - i feel proud that people can say those things to me instead of them telling me how sick and awful i look. <br /><br />like you said in your post - we need to accept the compliments or statements for what they are and not let the ed take over and turn it into something it's not <3Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980101542608631267noreply@blogger.com