Shawn Johnson got very real about her journey to embracing her body in her June 27 video uploaded to her YouTube channel.
The 28-year-old gold medal-winning Olympian opened up in a video titled, Body Image Issues: 110 Lbs. to Pregnant about her struggle following the 2008 Olympics and how she took her “perfectionism mindset way too far.” Shawn described feeling like she had “run straight into a brick wall full speed,” and had struggled with “eating disorders, depression, [and] anxiety because as soon as the Olympics were over…I quickly realized I had a self-confidence and self-image issue.” “Every decision I made in my life up until that moment, for at least 13 of my 16 years, was based on gymnastics.
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