Overcoming Body Image Problems: Veale, Wilson, Clarke
Body Image Problems Structure What it means to be me, is predominantly what I look like and what I look like is wrong or substandard in some way. Types and definitions BDD: Extreme preoccupation with body that is not noticeable to others Skin disorders and disfigurements Trichotillomania.: repeated hair pulling Anorexia: keeping body weight low by restricting what is eaten or conceivably high levels of gym work. The a sense where the patient feels fat but others don’t notice this Bulimia: binge eating following by purging. So the primary problem of all body image problems is High identification of my body with my self image Seeing my body as defective The secondary which splits the group is do others think my body is defective and do I What keeps a body image problem going? Thoughts Time spent thinking about body problem that is disliked Triggers to thinking about body problem Distinction between thoughts as cognitions\images Perceptions Focus on the negative aspects of body Trea...