My name is Jilly. Im 26 and this is my body. I used to have a really good relationship with my body. And then my 20s hit and I developed an eating disorder and for the past 4 years Iāve been in and out of recovery trying to love myself again and have a good relationship with the body that I once never even thought twice about. And Iām finally in a place where I can give it the love that it deserves and feed it and like it no matter what shape or size it looks like.
What do you love about existing in your body?
I kind of realized one day that my body is not like an ornament piece. Itās more or less something that allows me to experience the world around me and allows me to really do everything. It allows me to get myself out of bed in the morning, take my dog for a walk. It allows me to eat some amazing Orlando food, go to work, and just be a friend with someone. Itās not just something for people to look at. Itās something thatās required for you to have a life.
I think that as a society, so much pressure is put on what we look like and it doesnāt matter. Itās the least important thing in the world. You have all these influencers that donāt even look like that in real life. There putting out this image thatās so unachievable and it just breaks down normal peoples concept of their own image. And itās really sad. I kind of just wish that more people were open to just loving who they are. And I feel like the more people who do that, the more people who will start doing that as well and it will just catch on and catch on. And hopefully one day the world wonāt be so obsessed with what you look like and what you eat and how thin you are. Because Iāve been there and it was the least happy I ever was. The thinnest I ever was was also the most depressed Iāve ever been. I donāt know what people are chasing, but itās not going to make you happy.ā
Title: Bodies # 4 Jilly Hite
Artist: David Lawrence
Edition: 1/1
