Different people have different responses to trauma. Some people who have experienced traumatic events have engaged in dysfunctional or unhealthy behaviors as a way to help themselves heal. Cutting, alcohol, drugs, sex, damaged relationships—these are the responses of a person doing the best they can to cope with painful experiences and memories. These behaviors, that perhaps you have engaged in, as well as the shame or confusion, that you may...

Eating Rituals. Bingeing. Laxatives. Distorted mirrors. Hopelessness. Self-hate/self-doubt. Vomiting. Comparing yourself to others. Distorted or magical thinking about your body. Diets. Advertising. The Scale. Do you recognize any of these common behaviors, or thinking spirals that conclude that you are “less than” others? Will you spend the precious moments of your life rating yourself on your so-called “flaws,” or on how well you loved, (and...