Understand Negative Body Image For New Meaning of Your Body

Do you ever feel like your body is holding you back? The way we talk about it can change the way we see it. In this video I share some tips for redefining negative body image to mean something positive and empowering! For more info read blog article here - https://www.eatingenlightenment.com/2020/04/22/body-image-and-self-esteem/ What Is Body Image? “the subjective picture or mental image of one’s own body.” How Does Culture Affect Body Image And Self-Esteem? Eating disorder picture of models over the years What Causes Body Image Dissatisfaction? “Body dissatisfaction can be defined as a negative evaluation of one’s body that involves a perceived discrepancy between an individual’s assessment of her actual and ideal body.” – Albert and Neff How Does Body Image Affect Your Mental Health? Albert and Neff note that body dissatisfaction has been so extremely prevalent for women in 1st world societies that negative body image and self-esteem struggles have been formally described as “normative discontent.” In extreme cases, having a distorted body image is called body dysmorphic disorder. A person with body dysmorphic disorder might spend 5 hours in front of a mirror, per day, trying to fix every single little detail about their appearance so they can look in the mirror and see perfection.