I honestly never thought about writing a blog. When I started therapy, (June 2023) almost a year ago, I began to journal a bit. My mom has always enjoyed my writing and told me that I should write a book- but doesn’t everybody’s mom compliment their kids in this way?? (LOL) Yesterday, March 30, 2024, Nicole (my fiancé) and I were sitting on the couch for the little time we had to relax that day, and I told her I was thinking about writing a blog. Being the most supportive person I have ever met, Nicole  (of course) asked a few questions and told me it was an incredible idea and could be a great outlet for me. We started brainstorming names for the blog. At first, I was really stuck on having the name relate to getting pictures taking because this is one of my biggest eating disorder/ body dysmorphia triggers. The first title that came to mind was “The Perfect Picture” - We agreed that this was too generic, but pointed us in the right direction. I wanted something to be able to reflect how badly I have tried to be the perfect picture of a person for so much of my life.