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"  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m so tired of how I look. Honestly, my friends tell me all the time about how pretty I am and how &amp;#039;fit and skinny&amp;#039; I am. It&amp;#039;s annoying how I have no self-esteem. I wear big sweatshirts and shirts because I think I&amp;#039;m fat. I hate telling my weight, and I used to be bulimic. I am so tired of hating how I look. Is there any advice you can give me?&amp;quot; \u2014Meagan, 15 I would venture to say that you are more than &amp;quot;tired of the way you look&amp;quot; \u2014 you are probably tired of the way you FEEL about the way you look.  The good news is, Meagan, if you are so tired of feeling this way, you are the only one who can get some help to snap out of it! Is your world only revolving around what you look like? Or what you&amp;#039;ve eaten? If so, then you are missing a whole world out there that is begging for you to be a part of it. Go volunteer for something at school or in your community \u2014 stop allowing your self-worth to be determined by your looks. When you perform estimable acts, you begin to raise your self-esteem. And if you used to be bulimic, it may be important for you to go back to your therapist or counselor or whoever you are getting treatment from (I hope you are getting treatment) and talk to them about this feeling of being fat and hiding behind clothes. Bulimia is a serious mental health disease, and it doesn&amp;#039;t go away overnight \u2014 you can recover from it, but you need to get professional help.  Jess Weiner is an author, self-esteem expert, and Seventeen&amp;#039;s new Body Peace adviser. To ask Jess your body-image questions, share your thoughts, or vent your frustrations, leave your comments below or send them here. Jess will answer new questions every week! Learn more about Jess at withjess.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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