Think before you talk. Many people do the second, few do the first. And this can cause a lot of harm around you, because you never know what the people listening to you are going through.
I, specifically, know what happens in the case of eating disorders, and how phrases that people say nonchalantly and lightly are terrible both for people who’re suffering from these illnesses or trying to recover, and for those who are prone to them for some reason.
Below I’ll explain some of the most harmful and, at the same time, common phrases. These aren’t phrases you must avoid just when you’re with a person you already know has that problem (I’ll make a post about that). But phrases that you should always avoid, because as I’ve said you don’t know what seeds are already in the mind of who listens to you, and also so you can stop the injurious diet culture that has driven crazy our relationship with food as a society.