Eating Disorder Recovery in Greenwood Village, Colorado
Imagine waking up in the morning and first thing you do is scroll through your social media and see images of beautiful people with perfect bodies living out the ideal life full of wealth and adventure.
What do you begin to do?
Self-reflect on your imperfections and the areas of yourself that you want to change and improve. I believe that one’s perception of themselves and reality may be skewed based on the superficial, Western culture we live in. This includes one’s perception of their physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual worth.
Eating disorders are so much more than discontent with our physical appearance. Individuals with eating disorders are not just trying to fix or change a physical trait but rather, often are seeking to cope from an emotional discomfort. As I have had the opportunity to work with more individuals on their journey to fight back against their eating disorder I have witnessed intense feelings of guilt, shame, anxiety, negative self-worth, and comparison to others.
However, what is often the hardest part of yourself to accept? — Your physical appearance.
What is often the easiest part of yourself to change? — Your physical appearance.
This is what is unique about eating disorders, the preoccupation with one’s body and physical appearance and the want and need to control it. In a world that is filled with images of thin, feminine women and strong, muscular men, we often place our value and worth in the way we look. And in a hectic world where it can often feel that we don’t have control over anything, we have a natural desire to gain control over something.
What is often the easiest part of yourself to control?
Your physical appearance. Rather than appreciating all our bodies do for us, we abuse and manipulate them as a way to gain control and to feel better about ourselves in society.
There is more than one cause to an eating disorder.
There are many contributing factors other than societal influence and pressure. There are strong correlations to trauma as well as biological and genetic factors in the development of an eating disorder.
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