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Story #320

  • Body Image

    My daughter has had an eating disorder for several years. Instagram just keep showing her more and more content about restricting food despite blocking and trying to restrict anything related to food. She eventually took Instagram off her phone as she could not stop seeing triggering content. I’ve reported posts and people but it still keeps on coming. The only thing that seems to work is to leave Instagram but the damage has already been done