What Body Image and Social Media Are Actually Doing to Your Nervous System
You open Instagram for two minutes. Maybe you were just checking the weather or looking for a recipe.
And then somehow, ten minutes later, you're deep in someone's "what I eat in a day" content and you feel like garbage about yourself. Not a little bad. Like, legit worse than you did before you picked up your phone.
GLP-1 Medications, Trauma, and Eating Disorders: Why Weight Loss Is Not Emotionally Neutral
The conversation around GLP-1 medications has become unsurprisingly quite black and white.
Depending on who you ask, these medications are either life-changing or dangerous. Revolutionary or irresponsible. The answer to everything or the beginning (or continuation) of a much larger problem.
What Taylor Swift’s Eating Disorder Story Teaches About Recovery
When Taylor Swift opened up about her eating disorder in the documentary Miss Americana, it felt like the cultural conversation around body image and eating disorders truly began to shift. This wasn’t just another celebrity confession.
Why Postpartum Body Image Can Feel So Hard
If you’re struggling with how you feel in your body after having a baby, whether it’s been six weeks or six years, please know: there is nothing wrong with you.
Coming Home to Your Body: A Beginner’s Guide to Embodied Body Image Healing
For those who feel very disconnected from their bodies, even the idea of body awareness might feel overwhelming. This is completely normal.
Coming Home to Your Body: A Somatic Approach to Healing Body Image Issues
While many body image therapists approach body image issues by focusing on changing our thoughts about our bodies through affirmations or cognitive restructuring, Reclaim’s body image therapists firmly believe that lasting healing requires something deeper: a return to the wisdom and experience of the body itself.
The Relationship Between Complex PTSD and Body Image Trauma
Body image and self-image are fundamental aspects of our individual identities that form over time, and can be influenced by a number of factors. One factor that can have a significant impact on body image is childhood trauma. This relationship is often complex and multi-faceted, underlining the need for comprehensive and compassionate understanding.
How Influencers Affect Body Image
Social media influencers have emerged as influential figures in modern society, wielding considerable sway over their vast audiences. Platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube have provided these individuals with unprecedented reach. This allows them to shape trends and societal perceptions, particularly concerning body image and eating disorders.
Can TikTok Trigger an Eating Disorder For My Kids?
In today's digital landscape, platforms like TikTok have become a pervasive part of young people's lives, offering a blend of entertainment, creativity, and social interaction. Yet, alongside its benefits, concerns have emerged about how these platforms impact children and adolescents, particularly in terms of body image and eating behaviors. As parents, it's crucial to grasp the influence of social media on our children's mental health.
What are the Negative Effects of Social Media on Body Image?
In today's digital age, social media has become a ubiquitous part of our daily lives. From scrolling through Instagram feeds to watching TikTok videos, we're constantly bombarded with images and messages that shape our perceptions. While social media can be a source of inspiration and connection, it can also have a darker side, especially when it comes to body image and eating disorders.
Navigating Body Shame Triggers
Body shame triggers are absolutely everywhere.
Diet culture is real. Anti-fat bias is real.
Wherever we turn, it’s likely that we are going to bump into something, someone, or some place that triggers our body shame.
5 Tips for Shopping With Poor Body Image
Navigating the world of fashion can be a daunting task, especially if you're struggling with body image.
For many people, the reality is that retail stores don't have clothing options that will fit their body.
For others, even the thought of facing racks of clothing, dressing room lighting and full length mirrors is enough to scrap the idea of purchasing new clothes to begin with.
Reclaim Safety: How to Navigate Medical Appointments
We go to the doctor’s office in search of healing, but for many of us these encounters can be sources of distress.
We may have suffered a lifetime of anti-fat bias and carry blame and shame. Past traumatic events may be retriggered by medical appointments.
3 Signs That You're Struggling With Body Image
If you have a body, you have a body image.
In a very direct way, body image refers to the relationship you have with your body. And for most people, that relationship can be pretty complicated.
your relationship with your body includes thoughts, perceptions, sensations, feelings, how you care for it and your experience living in it on the day to day.