Throughout her tumultuous childhood, Jinger Duggar was often forbidden from speaking her mind.
Her famous parents fiercely guarded their privacy while putting their children on public display.
As a result, Jinger and her siblings had a turbulent childhood, where they were frequently asked to smile for the cameras while hiding dark family secrets.
Jinger Duggar shares her story
The fourth Duggar daughter is determined to make up for lost time as an adult.
Ginger has already published one memoir and has a second on the way.
Her new book, People-pleasers: Free yourself from the burden of imaginary expectationsis due to be released in January, and Ginger is already generating interest by delivering some of the most candid interviews of her career to date.
In a recent conversation people Speaking to The Daily Star magazine, the mum-of-two opened up about the anxiety and mental health issues that led to her isolation as a child.
“I was so concerned about what other people thought of me,” she told the outlet on Tuesday.
“And in a lot of cases, I would see it start to escalate as it would start to affect relationships or people would reject certain relationships because they were scared of what they would think of me,” she continued.
Ginger reveals her troubled relationship with food
Jinger revealed that her desire for approval led her to develop an eating disorder.
“I thought, ‘Oh, I’m overweight,’ when I really wasn’t,” she says.
“I was scared of eating too much because I thought, ‘Oh, my friends aren’t going to like me because they’re skinnier than me.'”
Ginger added that with help from family and friends, she was eventually able to overcome her troubled relationship with food.
Ginger’s message to her fans
With her new book, Jinger hopes to offer advice to fans going through similar struggles.
“We wake up, we scroll, we see everyone’s perfect lives and we try to compare ourselves to fit their standards,” she said. people.
“A lot of these are just imagined expectations, so I wanted to write a book that was more relatable in a way, to say, ‘Okay, we’re all in a position where we’re trying to please people.
“I still don’t have it all figured out, but this is what I’m learning on this journey of trying to free myself from this situation: There are answers, there are solutions.”
We’re sure that, like most people, Ginger sometimes struggles with the burden of imaginary expectations.
But it seems like she’s made great strides in her healing process, and we’re inspiring her desire to help others do the same.
