During an eating disorder assessment the clinician usually asks the patient several questions regarding their feelings about their bodies. What do they think is their ideal weight? Does their feelings about their bodies prevent them from participating in any life activities? Are there any body parts they especially obsess about and dislike? At what age did they start having negative feelings about their body? A common answer to this last question goes something like this:
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I am so fat!
I am disgusting!
I can’t stand to look at myself!
My head is too big for my body!
I am so weak – I have no muscle tone!
I avoid mirror because I am so freakishly tall.
I’ve had my nose fixed but now I can see that my lips need work too!
October 19, 2016
by Sona DeLurgio, Psy.D, LMFT
On a recent rainy day I took my workout inside to the local gym. As I was dutifully (and boringly) trudging along on the treadmill, I looked up at the TV screen and saw a shot of a fork lifting out a bite of ooey, gooey, mac and cheese. Now I tuned in more intentionally. After all, on a grey and rainy day that shot of the mac and cheese made my morning. The show was an episode of “The Chew,” a daytime cooking show that I wouldn’t typically be watching. But, hey, I was a captive audience.