Recent Baylor alumna and\u00a0graduate student Lauren Bagwell, BSED ’15, explored this idea in a TED Talk she gave last month at SMU<\/a>. Lauren\u00a0has struggled with binge eating disorder (BED) since she was in\u00a0seventh grade. Among eating disorders, BED is the most common — but the least talked about.\u00a0Lauren didn\u2019t even realize she could get help until the summer before she came to Baylor; after the fact, she realized that her negative self-image was because she wouldn’t allow herself to think positively about herself.<\/p>\n\u201cIn our society, it\u2019s wrong to give yourself a compliment,\u201d she says in her 10-minute\u00a0talk. \u201cOur society has told us that loving yourself is not the right way to live. \u2026 My journey with having BED taught me that the way I talked to myself was never how I would talk to someone else.<\/p>\n
“Imperfections are okay. What\u2019s not okay is when we allow those imperfections to become insecurities. The truth of the matter is, you were created with a body that no one else has. You were created with a group of talents that no one else has. Because you have a talent and a purpose and a calling that no one else can fulfill.”<\/p>\n