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Mehnaz is 26 years old and lives with her parents in Birmingham. She is a student nearing the end of her degree after her studies were interrupted by ill-health leading to her completing a 3-year degree in 9 years.
My relationship with my body historically has been good, but I would say it’s because I equated being skinny to being healthy, so when things started to change, it made me feel uncertain about how I should feel.
Ntale is a psychotherapeutic counsellor and activist from South London and now works for the Mental Health Foundation. He touches on the role kindness has played in his life and how kindness has helped him be who he is today.
I look in the mirror, and my belly looks like a popped balloon. But I have learned to live with it. A kind of ‘war wound’ of my body changing shape to carry and produce children – or perhaps even a ‘trophy’ for winning that battle?
