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The Body Image Lessons I Learned From Illness and Disability

By Angela Hartlin — 2020

I no longer care about my body being perfect. It’s taken a long time to get here, but I’ve realized my body has been through too much to spend time and energy caring about losing that extra 10 pounds or minimizing my scars. I just wish my body didn’t have to experience a lot of distress in order to give myself permission to accept it without wanting to achieve the next level of idealism.

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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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2016
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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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2018
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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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James Claiborn, Cherlene Pedrick
2002
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