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Category: Body Image Issues

Body Image, Eating Disorders, and Body Dysmorphia: Understanding the Spectrum

When someone you care about is struggling with their body, the terminology can feel overwhelming. Body image, eating disorders, and body dysmorphia: these terms get used interchangeably in casual conversation, [...]
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Top 5 Ways to Boost Body Image in Recovery

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Poor body image is a driving factor of nearly all eating disorders. Unfortunately, body image concerns can come from a number of sources, including social media, popular culture, and the [...]
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The Moving Target: Bodies and the Impossible Standard

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The “ideal” body has never been neutral. Throughout history, body standards have been shaped by systems of power—economic, racial, and cultural forces that determine which bodies are valued and which [...]
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Navigating Body Positivity and Social Norms During Seasonal Change

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Contributor: Emily Keehn, M. Ed., LPC – Dialectical Behavior Therapy Specialist at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center As temperatures warm up in the Midwest, coats and extra layers are discarded, [...]
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How to Encourage a Partner Who Struggles With Poor Body Image

If your partner struggles with poor body image, you’re not alone. Body insecurity is remarkably common. By age 13, more than half of American girls are unhappy with their bodies. [...]
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Returning to School May Increase the Risk for Body Dissatisfaction

As students around the country returned to their classrooms for the new academic year, they most likely experienced a range of emotions: excitement about reuniting with friends, anxiety about upcoming [...]
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Can You Have an Eating Disorder Without Body Image Issues?

Is it possible to have an eating disorder without having body image concerns? The short answer is: yes. Body image and eating disorders are often significantly interrelated, but not always. [...]
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A Look at Actual and Ideal Body Image

Body image is the way someone feels about their body shape or size. Negative body image is common in people with eating disorders. Researchers are looking into what contributes to [...]
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How to be a Positive Influence for Positive Body Image & Acceptance

Despite positive body image and connection to the body being something we are innately born with, it is also something almost every individual must work on as they develop and [...]
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Body Acceptance and Redefining Self-Worth: Learning to Embrace Your Body

Contributor: Staff at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center We’ve been taught that our self-worth can be measured by the numbers on a scale. But our bodies are beautifully complex, and [...]
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Body Dysmorphia Understanding
June 20th, 2018
Nikki DuBose’s Eating Disorder & Addiction Story
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Body Dysmorphia Understanding
November 15th, 2017
Body Dysmorphic Disorder: What to Do When the Mirror Lies
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Body Dysmorphia Understanding
October 9th, 2017
BDD and Plastic Surgery: When to Seek Treatment
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Body Dysmorphia Understanding
August 20th, 2016
Support Group Options For Males Dealing With Body Dysmorphic Disorder
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