A Lifestyle & Medicine Blog
Ugh, the dreaded weight scale. I recently returned to Dublin after almost three months in North America. Between studying for back-to-back board exams, working on residency applications, travelling and completing electives, it suffices to say that I have not been eating the best. All this time, I had managed to push all the weight-gain thoughts…
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Ah, body image. The infamous concept that many of my generation (and those before & after me) have struggled with. With the strong emphasis of beauty over all other traits, the instant access of filtered photos, pencil thin models, and the generally appalling lack of diversity, its easy to see why self-confidence issues are as…
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I will be the first to admit that I suffer from some serious imposter syndrome. I’m not sure when this internal echoing of “you aren’t good enough” came into play (I suspect the years of growing up with horrendous acne probably did the trick), but it has been unwelcome company for a long time. In…
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It all began October 8th, 2018. I had gone for dinner the night before. I woke up feeling sick to my stomach with my head pounding: the classic food poisoning picture, nothing major to stress over. I skipped school that day, deciding to take it easy, indulging in fizzy drinks and relying heavily on Gravol (the…
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SINCERELY MILLIE 