Dr. Victoria Patricia PannaLicensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, ACS, NCC, MS (she, her)

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You lost the weight. You did the hard thing - surgery, recovery, the whole transformation. And somewhere along the way, you expected to finally feel confident, sexy, at home in your body. But that's not what happened. Compliments feel awkward. Sex feels disconnected - or you're avoiding it altogether. You're performing "the new you" instead of actually feeling like them. And underneath it all, there's a quiet guilt: I did everything right. Why don't I feel different? You're not broken. You're experiencing something real that almost no one talks about: the gap between your body changing and your identity catching up.

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