Blog
Are you avoiding things because of your body shape or size?
As this holiday weekend approaches take a minute and think about what you may be avoiding because you feel uncomfortable with your body. Eating a burger at a BBQ? Wearing shorts? Going to the beach?
A part of any eating disorder is usually some component of body image dissatisfaction. Learning to love and feel comfortable in your body can be hard when the ED tells you to hate it. But it is possible to learn to love and appreciate your body. A first step to loving your body is learning to overcome those things you avoid because of your body discomfort.
Here is an exercise:
Identify ten things you avoid because you feel uncomortable in your body.List from the most feared to the least (i.e. wearing a bathing suit at the beach as a 10, walking past the mirror in a sweater and baggy sweat pants as a 2).
Commit to trying these feared activities. Start small with least feared events. Try them a few times. Take note. What happened? How did you feel? It requires bravery but the first step in overcoming fears and anxieties is by addressing them.
Good Luck!
You can leave a comment or trackback from your own site.