One thing I often end up talking about with clients is ‘feelings of fatness’.
Many women have experienced feeling fat at times, if not regularly. What then happens is that this feeling gets confused with your body weight, so if you feel fat, you think you are fat.
However, feeling fat has got nothing to do with your actual body:
Women who are in smaller bodies can feel fat.
Women who are in typical bodies can feel fat.
Women who are in larger bodies can feel fat.
So many women struggle with their bodies and how they look. And the worst part is that the research shows that this starts early and tends to last into later life. Can you imagine being unhappy with your body all your life? It can be a confronting prospect to consider.
There are several different models which explain why eating disorders commence and continue. One straightforward model with supporting evidence is the Dual Pathway Model[1][2]. This model proposes that two factors lead to body dissatisfaction: Continue reading “Why do eating disorders start and continue?”
