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The Unique Body Image Challenges Related to Disability

By Charlotte Gerber — 2020

In many cultures, people with disabilities are often thought of as being sickly, feeble, and fragile. With those generally inaccurate perceptions of disability also come more harmful notions. These unique and almost invisible social challenges that people with disabilities face have a profoundly negative impact on self-worth, self-esteem, and body image.

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USC Volleyball Star Talks Eating Disorders and Mental Health in Female Athletes

USC Volleyball star Victoria Garrick reveals her struggle with depression, anxiety, and an eating disorder to highlight the pressures elite female athletes face.

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Athletes and Body Image: A Discussion on Eating Disorders

Millions of people in the U.S. have an eating disorder and a portion of these people are athletes. Erin Mandras of Kick the Scale.com is one such athlete who developed an eating disorder.

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Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self

Lori Gottlieb—psychotherapist, national advice columnist, and New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone—shares her “gripping” (The Boston Globe) chronicle of adolescent anorexia that “stands out as a fresh, edgy take…on that perilous time in a girl’s life when...

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My Unhealthy Obsession With Getting Thin

As Evelyn started to grow up and become a teenager, she looked around at her friends and started to notice differences in the way she looked.

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This Messy Magnificent Life: A Field Guide to Mind, Body, and Soul

With an introduction by Anne Lamott, This Messy Magnificent Life is a personal and exhilarating read on freeing ourselves from daily anxiety, lack, and discontent.

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The Body Image Book for Girls: Love Yourself and Grow Up Fearless

It is worrying to think that most girls feel dissatisfied with their bodies, and that this can lead to serious problems including depression and eating disorders.

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Believing Is Seeing: A New Perspective on Body Dysmorphia | Meredith Leston | TEDxOxford

This talk highlights the universality of body dysmorphia; this is a condition that affects us all to a greater or lesser degree. Meredith shares how her own experience of anorexia nervosa and the distorted body image that accompanied it drove her to better understand body dysmorphia.

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Body Image in LGBT Community | Salihsworld | #Beautywithoutbias | Superdrug

In this month’s instalment, Salih dives into the world of body image, exploring problems relating to appearance in the LGBT community, how and why they arise and the positive steps you can take to overcome them.

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The BDD Workbook: Overcome Body Dysmorphic Disorder and End Body Image Obsessions

Do you struggle with constant feelings that your body is not good enough? Do you imagine that, if you could just change you appearance, you would be happier and more fulfilled? If you do, you might be dealing with the effects of a problem called body dysmorphic disorder (BDD).

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