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‘You’re a 4 out of 10’: the troubling rise of AI appearance ratings
#AI #Youth #Tech #BodyImage #MentalHealth #Looksmaxxing #SocialMedia #OnlineSafety #EatingDisorders #DigitalHealth #BodyDysmorphia #MuscleDysmorphia
https://the-14.com/youre-a-4-out-of-10-the-troubling-rise-of-ai-appearance-ratings/ -
‘You’re a 4 out of 10’: the troubling rise of AI appearance ratings
#AI #Youth #Tech #BodyImage #MentalHealth #Looksmaxxing #SocialMedia #OnlineSafety #EatingDisorders #DigitalHealth #BodyDysmorphia #MuscleDysmorphia
https://the-14.com/youre-a-4-out-of-10-the-troubling-rise-of-ai-appearance-ratings/ -
‘You’re a 4 out of 10’: the troubling rise of AI appearance ratings
#AI #Youth #Tech #BodyImage #MentalHealth #Looksmaxxing #SocialMedia #OnlineSafety #EatingDisorders #DigitalHealth #BodyDysmorphia #MuscleDysmorphia
https://the-14.com/youre-a-4-out-of-10-the-troubling-rise-of-ai-appearance-ratings/ -
‘You’re a 4 out of 10’: the troubling rise of AI appearance ratings
#AI #Youth #Tech #BodyImage #MentalHealth #Looksmaxxing #SocialMedia #OnlineSafety #EatingDisorders #DigitalHealth #BodyDysmorphia #MuscleDysmorphia
https://the-14.com/youre-a-4-out-of-10-the-troubling-rise-of-ai-appearance-ratings/ -
‘You’re a 4 out of 10’: the troubling rise of AI appearance ratings
#AI #Youth #Tech #BodyImage #MentalHealth #Looksmaxxing #SocialMedia #OnlineSafety #EatingDisorders #DigitalHealth #BodyDysmorphia #MuscleDysmorphia
https://the-14.com/youre-a-4-out-of-10-the-troubling-rise-of-ai-appearance-ratings/ -
DATE: August 3, 2026 at 10:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Body dysmorphia is linked to an exaggerated cognitive bias for self-related information
People with body dysmorphic tendencies learn and process self-related information more strongly than information about other people, according to new research. This exaggerated focus on the self extends even to neutral, everyday objects that have nothing to do with physical appearance. The findings, published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, provide evidence that a basic bias in how the brain processes self-relevant information might contribute to severe body image preoccupations.
Body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD, is a mental health condition characterized by an intense and distressing preoccupation with perceived flaws in physical appearance. Individuals with BDD often spend hours each day focusing on minor or imagined physical anomalies. This behavior tends to severely disrupt their daily lives, relationships, and social functioning.
“We were motivated to understand what underlying information-processing mechanisms may be contributing to the observed symptomatology of body dysmorphic disorder,” said Maria Richards-Brown, a researcher in the Department of Psychosis Studies at King’s College London. “Through understanding where information processing may differ as one exhibits more body dysmorphic symptoms, we can hopefully identify clinical treatment targets.”
To understand how this intense preoccupation develops, psychologists look at how the brain manages and assigns importance to different types of information. In the general population, people naturally display a “self-prioritization effect.”
“In the general population, individuals show a greater prioritization of processing information about themselves, compared to information about their best friend or a stranger,” Richards-Brown explained. “This is a well-known information processing bias.”
This psychological concept suggests that individuals process, learn, and recall information associated with themselves much faster and more accurately than information associated with other people. For example, if a person is asked to associate a random object with themselves and another object with a stranger, they will consistently recognize the self-associated object with greater ease.
Previous models suggest that BDD might emerge from a hyperactive self-attention network in the brain. This heightened internal focus could cause a person to pay excessive attention to self-related cues, magnifying normal bodily signals into intense preoccupations.
The authors of the current paper designed their research to test whether people with higher levels of body dysmorphic symptoms show an inflated version of this standard self-prioritization effect. They wanted to determine if this bias exists even when the information being processed has no connection to physical appearance.
In the first experiment, the scientists recruited 87 female participants through an online platform. The participants ranged in age from 32 to 71 years old. They completed a standard questionnaire used to screen for the presence and severity of BDD symptoms.
Next, participants completed an associative learning task. The researchers asked them to learn specific pairings between three geometric shapes (a triangle, a circle, and a square) and three personal labels (“You,” the first name of their best friend, and “Stranger”). After a brief learning period, the participants viewed a series of shape and label combinations on a screen.
For each trial, participants had a brief window to press a specific keyboard key to indicate whether the pairing on the screen matched the original associations they had learned, or if it was a mismatch. For instance, if they originally learned that a square represented “You,” they might later see a square paired with the word “Stranger,” which would be an incorrect mismatch.
Across the board, participants demonstrated the standard self-prioritization effect. They were more accurate and faster at correctly identifying matches involving the “You” label compared to the “Friend” or “Stranger” labels.
When factoring in the questionnaire scores, the authors found a specific pattern related to body image concerns. Participants with higher BDD symptom scores were more accurate at identifying the self-related pairings compared to the stranger-related pairings. This gap in accuracy between the self and the stranger was wider for those with higher body dysmorphic tendencies than for those with lower scores.
To confirm and expand upon these initial observations, the scientists conducted a second experiment with a new sample. This group included 173 participants, consisting of 135 females and 41 males ranging from 19 to 71 years old. The procedures were largely the same, but the researchers made the matching task slightly more difficult by flashing the shape-label pairings on the screen for a much shorter duration of 250 milliseconds.
In this second experiment, the researchers also administered two additional questionnaires. One measured symptoms of depression, and the other measured general impulsivity. They included these extra measures to control for the possibility that depression or impulsivity might account for any differences in learning speed or accuracy, rather than BDD symptoms.
The second experiment confirmed the exaggerated self-prioritization effect in individuals with higher body dysmorphic scores. In this iteration, participants with elevated BDD symptoms showed greater accuracy in identifying “You” matches compared to “Friend” matches. The reaction time data also revealed a tailored self-bias.
Participants with more BDD symptoms were disproportionately faster at identifying self-related pairings compared to both friend- and stranger-related pairings. The additional questionnaires provided helpful context for these outcomes. The researchers found that the influence of depression and impulsivity on these processing biases was not statistically significant.
These results point to a core cognitive difference in how people with these preoccupations view the world. “In individuals that have more body dysmorphic symptoms, this bias is even greater, indicating that there is an information processing bias underlying the symptomatic presentations of BDD,” Richards-Brown said.
Relying on an online sample from the general population introduces certain constraints. The participants completed a screening questionnaire that measures body dysmorphic tendencies, but they were not formally diagnosed with BDD by a clinician. Applying these findings directly to clinical settings requires testing patients who have received a formal psychiatric diagnosis.
The study also relied on an uneven ratio of male to female participants, primarily due to sampling constraints in the first experiment. Although the available data did not show sex differences in how people processed self-related information, recruiting a more balanced sample in the future would help confirm that these cognitive patterns operate similarly across all demographics.
Future research might explore how these cognitive biases change during therapeutic interventions. Tracking whether the exaggerated self-prioritization effect diminishes as BDD symptoms improve could offer a new way to measure treatment progress. Adapting these simple computer tasks into training exercises might also help individuals practice directing their attention away from the self, offering a potential supplemental treatment for body image distress.
The study, “Exaggerated Self-Referencing in Body Dysmorphic Disorder,” was authored by M. Richards-Brown, S. Castiello de Obeso, R. Dennison, and R. A. Murphy.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #BodyDysmorphia #SelfPrioritization #BDDSymptoms #SelfReferencing #CognitiveBias #MentalHealthResearch #BodyImageDisturbance #SelfProcessing #PsychologyStudy #BDDTreatmentPotential
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DATE: August 3, 2026 at 10:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Body dysmorphia is linked to an exaggerated cognitive bias for self-related information
People with body dysmorphic tendencies learn and process self-related information more strongly than information about other people, according to new research. This exaggerated focus on the self extends even to neutral, everyday objects that have nothing to do with physical appearance. The findings, published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, provide evidence that a basic bias in how the brain processes self-relevant information might contribute to severe body image preoccupations.
Body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD, is a mental health condition characterized by an intense and distressing preoccupation with perceived flaws in physical appearance. Individuals with BDD often spend hours each day focusing on minor or imagined physical anomalies. This behavior tends to severely disrupt their daily lives, relationships, and social functioning.
“We were motivated to understand what underlying information-processing mechanisms may be contributing to the observed symptomatology of body dysmorphic disorder,” said Maria Richards-Brown, a researcher in the Department of Psychosis Studies at King’s College London. “Through understanding where information processing may differ as one exhibits more body dysmorphic symptoms, we can hopefully identify clinical treatment targets.”
To understand how this intense preoccupation develops, psychologists look at how the brain manages and assigns importance to different types of information. In the general population, people naturally display a “self-prioritization effect.”
“In the general population, individuals show a greater prioritization of processing information about themselves, compared to information about their best friend or a stranger,” Richards-Brown explained. “This is a well-known information processing bias.”
This psychological concept suggests that individuals process, learn, and recall information associated with themselves much faster and more accurately than information associated with other people. For example, if a person is asked to associate a random object with themselves and another object with a stranger, they will consistently recognize the self-associated object with greater ease.
Previous models suggest that BDD might emerge from a hyperactive self-attention network in the brain. This heightened internal focus could cause a person to pay excessive attention to self-related cues, magnifying normal bodily signals into intense preoccupations.
The authors of the current paper designed their research to test whether people with higher levels of body dysmorphic symptoms show an inflated version of this standard self-prioritization effect. They wanted to determine if this bias exists even when the information being processed has no connection to physical appearance.
In the first experiment, the scientists recruited 87 female participants through an online platform. The participants ranged in age from 32 to 71 years old. They completed a standard questionnaire used to screen for the presence and severity of BDD symptoms.
Next, participants completed an associative learning task. The researchers asked them to learn specific pairings between three geometric shapes (a triangle, a circle, and a square) and three personal labels (“You,” the first name of their best friend, and “Stranger”). After a brief learning period, the participants viewed a series of shape and label combinations on a screen.
For each trial, participants had a brief window to press a specific keyboard key to indicate whether the pairing on the screen matched the original associations they had learned, or if it was a mismatch. For instance, if they originally learned that a square represented “You,” they might later see a square paired with the word “Stranger,” which would be an incorrect mismatch.
Across the board, participants demonstrated the standard self-prioritization effect. They were more accurate and faster at correctly identifying matches involving the “You” label compared to the “Friend” or “Stranger” labels.
When factoring in the questionnaire scores, the authors found a specific pattern related to body image concerns. Participants with higher BDD symptom scores were more accurate at identifying the self-related pairings compared to the stranger-related pairings. This gap in accuracy between the self and the stranger was wider for those with higher body dysmorphic tendencies than for those with lower scores.
To confirm and expand upon these initial observations, the scientists conducted a second experiment with a new sample. This group included 173 participants, consisting of 135 females and 41 males ranging from 19 to 71 years old. The procedures were largely the same, but the researchers made the matching task slightly more difficult by flashing the shape-label pairings on the screen for a much shorter duration of 250 milliseconds.
In this second experiment, the researchers also administered two additional questionnaires. One measured symptoms of depression, and the other measured general impulsivity. They included these extra measures to control for the possibility that depression or impulsivity might account for any differences in learning speed or accuracy, rather than BDD symptoms.
The second experiment confirmed the exaggerated self-prioritization effect in individuals with higher body dysmorphic scores. In this iteration, participants with elevated BDD symptoms showed greater accuracy in identifying “You” matches compared to “Friend” matches. The reaction time data also revealed a tailored self-bias.
Participants with more BDD symptoms were disproportionately faster at identifying self-related pairings compared to both friend- and stranger-related pairings. The additional questionnaires provided helpful context for these outcomes. The researchers found that the influence of depression and impulsivity on these processing biases was not statistically significant.
These results point to a core cognitive difference in how people with these preoccupations view the world. “In individuals that have more body dysmorphic symptoms, this bias is even greater, indicating that there is an information processing bias underlying the symptomatic presentations of BDD,” Richards-Brown said.
Relying on an online sample from the general population introduces certain constraints. The participants completed a screening questionnaire that measures body dysmorphic tendencies, but they were not formally diagnosed with BDD by a clinician. Applying these findings directly to clinical settings requires testing patients who have received a formal psychiatric diagnosis.
The study also relied on an uneven ratio of male to female participants, primarily due to sampling constraints in the first experiment. Although the available data did not show sex differences in how people processed self-related information, recruiting a more balanced sample in the future would help confirm that these cognitive patterns operate similarly across all demographics.
Future research might explore how these cognitive biases change during therapeutic interventions. Tracking whether the exaggerated self-prioritization effect diminishes as BDD symptoms improve could offer a new way to measure treatment progress. Adapting these simple computer tasks into training exercises might also help individuals practice directing their attention away from the self, offering a potential supplemental treatment for body image distress.
The study, “Exaggerated Self-Referencing in Body Dysmorphic Disorder,” was authored by M. Richards-Brown, S. Castiello de Obeso, R. Dennison, and R. A. Murphy.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #BodyDysmorphia #SelfPrioritization #BDDSymptoms #SelfReferencing #CognitiveBias #MentalHealthResearch #BodyImageDisturbance #SelfProcessing #PsychologyStudy #BDDTreatmentPotential
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DATE: August 3, 2026 at 10:00AM
SOURCE: PSYPOST.ORG** Research quality varies widely from fantastic to small exploratory studies. Please check research methods when conclusions are very important to you. **
-------------------------------------------------TITLE: Body dysmorphia is linked to an exaggerated cognitive bias for self-related information
People with body dysmorphic tendencies learn and process self-related information more strongly than information about other people, according to new research. This exaggerated focus on the self extends even to neutral, everyday objects that have nothing to do with physical appearance. The findings, published in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, provide evidence that a basic bias in how the brain processes self-relevant information might contribute to severe body image preoccupations.
Body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD, is a mental health condition characterized by an intense and distressing preoccupation with perceived flaws in physical appearance. Individuals with BDD often spend hours each day focusing on minor or imagined physical anomalies. This behavior tends to severely disrupt their daily lives, relationships, and social functioning.
“We were motivated to understand what underlying information-processing mechanisms may be contributing to the observed symptomatology of body dysmorphic disorder,” said Maria Richards-Brown, a researcher in the Department of Psychosis Studies at King’s College London. “Through understanding where information processing may differ as one exhibits more body dysmorphic symptoms, we can hopefully identify clinical treatment targets.”
To understand how this intense preoccupation develops, psychologists look at how the brain manages and assigns importance to different types of information. In the general population, people naturally display a “self-prioritization effect.”
“In the general population, individuals show a greater prioritization of processing information about themselves, compared to information about their best friend or a stranger,” Richards-Brown explained. “This is a well-known information processing bias.”
This psychological concept suggests that individuals process, learn, and recall information associated with themselves much faster and more accurately than information associated with other people. For example, if a person is asked to associate a random object with themselves and another object with a stranger, they will consistently recognize the self-associated object with greater ease.
Previous models suggest that BDD might emerge from a hyperactive self-attention network in the brain. This heightened internal focus could cause a person to pay excessive attention to self-related cues, magnifying normal bodily signals into intense preoccupations.
The authors of the current paper designed their research to test whether people with higher levels of body dysmorphic symptoms show an inflated version of this standard self-prioritization effect. They wanted to determine if this bias exists even when the information being processed has no connection to physical appearance.
In the first experiment, the scientists recruited 87 female participants through an online platform. The participants ranged in age from 32 to 71 years old. They completed a standard questionnaire used to screen for the presence and severity of BDD symptoms.
Next, participants completed an associative learning task. The researchers asked them to learn specific pairings between three geometric shapes (a triangle, a circle, and a square) and three personal labels (“You,” the first name of their best friend, and “Stranger”). After a brief learning period, the participants viewed a series of shape and label combinations on a screen.
For each trial, participants had a brief window to press a specific keyboard key to indicate whether the pairing on the screen matched the original associations they had learned, or if it was a mismatch. For instance, if they originally learned that a square represented “You,” they might later see a square paired with the word “Stranger,” which would be an incorrect mismatch.
Across the board, participants demonstrated the standard self-prioritization effect. They were more accurate and faster at correctly identifying matches involving the “You” label compared to the “Friend” or “Stranger” labels.
When factoring in the questionnaire scores, the authors found a specific pattern related to body image concerns. Participants with higher BDD symptom scores were more accurate at identifying the self-related pairings compared to the stranger-related pairings. This gap in accuracy between the self and the stranger was wider for those with higher body dysmorphic tendencies than for those with lower scores.
To confirm and expand upon these initial observations, the scientists conducted a second experiment with a new sample. This group included 173 participants, consisting of 135 females and 41 males ranging from 19 to 71 years old. The procedures were largely the same, but the researchers made the matching task slightly more difficult by flashing the shape-label pairings on the screen for a much shorter duration of 250 milliseconds.
In this second experiment, the researchers also administered two additional questionnaires. One measured symptoms of depression, and the other measured general impulsivity. They included these extra measures to control for the possibility that depression or impulsivity might account for any differences in learning speed or accuracy, rather than BDD symptoms.
The second experiment confirmed the exaggerated self-prioritization effect in individuals with higher body dysmorphic scores. In this iteration, participants with elevated BDD symptoms showed greater accuracy in identifying “You” matches compared to “Friend” matches. The reaction time data also revealed a tailored self-bias.
Participants with more BDD symptoms were disproportionately faster at identifying self-related pairings compared to both friend- and stranger-related pairings. The additional questionnaires provided helpful context for these outcomes. The researchers found that the influence of depression and impulsivity on these processing biases was not statistically significant.
These results point to a core cognitive difference in how people with these preoccupations view the world. “In individuals that have more body dysmorphic symptoms, this bias is even greater, indicating that there is an information processing bias underlying the symptomatic presentations of BDD,” Richards-Brown said.
Relying on an online sample from the general population introduces certain constraints. The participants completed a screening questionnaire that measures body dysmorphic tendencies, but they were not formally diagnosed with BDD by a clinician. Applying these findings directly to clinical settings requires testing patients who have received a formal psychiatric diagnosis.
The study also relied on an uneven ratio of male to female participants, primarily due to sampling constraints in the first experiment. Although the available data did not show sex differences in how people processed self-related information, recruiting a more balanced sample in the future would help confirm that these cognitive patterns operate similarly across all demographics.
Future research might explore how these cognitive biases change during therapeutic interventions. Tracking whether the exaggerated self-prioritization effect diminishes as BDD symptoms improve could offer a new way to measure treatment progress. Adapting these simple computer tasks into training exercises might also help individuals practice directing their attention away from the self, offering a potential supplemental treatment for body image distress.
The study, “Exaggerated Self-Referencing in Body Dysmorphic Disorder,” was authored by M. Richards-Brown, S. Castiello de Obeso, R. Dennison, and R. A. Murphy.
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#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy @psychotherapist @psychotherapists @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork @psychiatry #mentalhealth #psychiatry #healthcare #depression #psychotherapist #BodyDysmorphia #SelfPrioritization #BDDSymptoms #SelfReferencing #CognitiveBias #MentalHealthResearch #BodyImageDisturbance #SelfProcessing #PsychologyStudy #BDDTreatmentPotential
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CW: Body Dismorphia Body Image Eating Disorders
Been watching the artist Beth McKnight’s fun short videos where she, an American living in Glasgow learns to speak Glaswegian. This one though is her Edinburgh Fringe show where she walks through her art journey and discusses how body dysmorphia inspired her to paint and how art helped her deal with how that was affecting her.
https://youtu.be/Hz92gGsqexg?is=fNcqbfdaYvrNkimj
#BodyDismorphia #BodyDysmorphia #EatingDisorders #Anorexia #Art #Painting
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CW: Body Dismorphia Body Image Eating Disorders
Been watching the artist Beth McKnight’s fun short videos where she, an American living in Glasgow learns to speak Glaswegian. This one though is her Edinburgh Fringe show where she walks through her art journey and discusses how body dysmorphia inspired her to paint and how art helped her deal with how that was affecting her.
https://youtu.be/Hz92gGsqexg?is=fNcqbfdaYvrNkimj
#BodyDismorphia #BodyDysmorphia #EatingDisorders #Anorexia #Art #Painting
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CW: Body Dismorphia Body Image Eating Disorders
Been watching the artist Beth McKnight’s fun short videos where she, an American living in Glasgow learns to speak Glaswegian. This one though is her Edinburgh Fringe show where she walks through her art journey and discusses how body dysmorphia inspired her to paint and how art helped her deal with how that was affecting her.
https://youtu.be/Hz92gGsqexg?is=fNcqbfdaYvrNkimj
#BodyDismorphia #BodyDysmorphia #EatingDisorders #Anorexia #Art #Painting
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CW: Body Dismorphia Body Image Eating Disorders
Been watching the artist Beth McKnight’s fun short videos where she, an American living in Glasgow learns to speak Glaswegian. This one though is her Edinburgh Fringe show where she walks through her art journey and discusses how body dysmorphia inspired her to paint and how art helped her deal with how that was affecting her.
https://youtu.be/Hz92gGsqexg?is=fNcqbfdaYvrNkimj
#BodyDismorphia #BodyDysmorphia #EatingDisorders #Anorexia #Art #Painting
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CW: Body Dismorphia Body Image Eating Disorders
Been watching the artist Beth McKnight’s fun short videos where she, an American living in Glasgow learns to speak Glaswegian. This one though is her Edinburgh Fringe show where she walks through her art journey and discusses how body dysmorphia inspired her to paint and how art helped her deal with how that was affecting her.
https://youtu.be/Hz92gGsqexg?is=fNcqbfdaYvrNkimj
#BodyDismorphia #BodyDysmorphia #EatingDisorders #Anorexia #Art #Painting
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That Fun Nutrition App May Also Have a Dark Side
Brightly colored engagement tactics—trophies, confetti, a green light—long ago jumped from smartphone games to everything from online…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #apps #behavioraltracking #bodydysmorphia #caloriecount #calories #eatingdisorder #eatingdisorders #Gaming #Mentalhealth #Nutrition
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That Fun Nutrition App May Also Have a Dark Side
Brightly colored engagement tactics—trophies, confetti, a green light—long ago jumped from smartphone games to everything from online…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #apps #behavioraltracking #bodydysmorphia #caloriecount #calories #eatingdisorder #eatingdisorders #Gaming #Mentalhealth #Nutrition
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The Things Beneath the Thing
Lately I've been reminded that trauma rarely lives in one moment. It weaves itself through years of experiences, attaching itself to people, words, memories, and feelings we don't even realize are connected. This week, my brain decided it was finally time to show me a few of those connections, and as uncomfortable as that was, I couldn't help but be fascinated by it.https://perfectlyimperfectlife.blog/2026/06/24/the-things-beneath-the-thing/
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The Things Beneath the Thing
Lately I've been reminded that trauma rarely lives in one moment. It weaves itself through years of experiences, attaching itself to people, words, memories, and feelings we don't even realize are connected. This week, my brain decided it was finally time to show me a few of those connections, and as uncomfortable as that was, I couldn't help but be fascinated by it.https://perfectlyimperfectlife.blog/2026/06/24/the-things-beneath-the-thing/
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The Things Beneath the Thing
Lately I've been reminded that trauma rarely lives in one moment. It weaves itself through years of experiences, attaching itself to people, words, memories, and feelings we don't even realize are connected. This week, my brain decided it was finally time to show me a few of those connections, and as uncomfortable as that was, I couldn't help but be fascinated by it.https://perfectlyimperfectlife.blog/2026/06/24/the-things-beneath-the-thing/
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The Things Beneath the Thing
Lately I've been reminded that trauma rarely lives in one moment. It weaves itself through years of experiences, attaching itself to people, words, memories, and feelings we don't even realize are connected. This week, my brain decided it was finally time to show me a few of those connections, and as uncomfortable as that was, I couldn't help but be fascinated by it.https://perfectlyimperfectlife.blog/2026/06/24/the-things-beneath-the-thing/
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The Things Beneath the Thing
Lately I've been reminded that trauma rarely lives in one moment. It weaves itself through years of experiences, attaching itself to people, words, memories, and feelings we don't even realize are connected. This week, my brain decided it was finally time to show me a few of those connections, and as uncomfortable as that was, I couldn't help but be fascinated by it.https://perfectlyimperfectlife.blog/2026/06/24/the-things-beneath-the-thing/
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Speaking of #BodyDysmorphia... the best metaphor I've ever seen for it is this meme.
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4hde2fmgvau2bq2hjnx763j2/post/3mliwaon67s2s -
#BodyDysmorphia is ravaging a subset of the heterosexual male community while the women are all dating DILFs with dad bod.
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Simple photography lesson shows why selfies distort how you really look
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Simple photography lesson shows why selfies distort how you really look
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Simple photography lesson shows why selfies distort how you really look
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Simple photography lesson shows why selfies distort how you really look
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/433083/ Noah Kahan opens up about his body dysmorphia and mental health struggles: ‘Wasted so much time hating who I am’ #BodyDysmorphia #Éire #Health #IE #Ireland #JayShetty #MentalHealth #MentalHealth #NoahKahan
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/890868/ Noah Kahan opens up about his body dysmorphia and mental health struggles: ‘Wasted so much time hating who I am’ #BodyDysmorphia #Health #JayShetty #MentalHealth #NoahKahan #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/883903/ Noah Kahan opens up about his body dysmorphia and mental health struggles: ‘Wasted so much time hating who I am’ #BodyDysmorphia #Health #JayShetty #MentalHealth #NoahKahan #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/427943/ Noah Kahan opens up about his body dysmorphia and mental health struggles: ‘Wasted so much time hating who I am’ #BodyDysmorphia #Éire #Health #IE #Ireland #JayShetty #MentalHealth #MentalHealth #NoahKahan
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Tallulah Willis Shares Openly About Health Struggles and Self-Acceptance Journey
Tallulah Willis talks about her fights with body dysmorphia and eating disorders. Learn how she is working on accepting herself.
#TallulahWillis, #BodyDysmorphia, #MentalHealth, #SelfAcceptance, #DemiMoore
https://newsletter.tf/tallulah-willis-shares-health-struggles-and-self-acceptance/
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Tallulah Willis Shares Openly About Health Struggles and Self-Acceptance Journey
Tallulah Willis talks about her fights with body dysmorphia and eating disorders. Learn how she is working on accepting herself.
#TallulahWillis, #BodyDysmorphia, #MentalHealth, #SelfAcceptance, #DemiMoore
https://newsletter.tf/tallulah-willis-shares-health-struggles-and-self-acceptance/
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Tallulah Willis, daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, is sharing her struggles with body image and mental health. She has been open about her battles with body dysmorphia and an eating disorder.
#TallulahWillis, #BodyDysmorphia, #MentalHealth, #SelfAcceptance, #DemiMoore
https://newsletter.tf/tallulah-willis-shares-health-struggles-and-self-acceptance/
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Tallulah Willis, daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, is sharing her struggles with body image and mental health. She has been open about her battles with body dysmorphia and an eating disorder.
#TallulahWillis, #BodyDysmorphia, #MentalHealth, #SelfAcceptance, #DemiMoore
https://newsletter.tf/tallulah-willis-shares-health-struggles-and-self-acceptance/
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Tallulah Willis, daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, is sharing her struggles with body image and mental health. She has been open about her battles with body dysmorphia and an eating disorder.
#TallulahWillis, #BodyDysmorphia, #MentalHealth, #SelfAcceptance, #DemiMoore
https://newsletter.tf/tallulah-willis-shares-health-struggles-and-self-acceptance/
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Tallulah Willis, daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, is sharing her struggles with body image and mental health. She has been open about her battles with body dysmorphia and an eating disorder.
#TallulahWillis, #BodyDysmorphia, #MentalHealth, #SelfAcceptance, #DemiMoore
https://newsletter.tf/tallulah-willis-shares-health-struggles-and-self-acceptance/
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New York jury finds psychologist and surgeon didn't follow best practices in gender-affirming care case
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New York jury finds psychologist and surgeon didn't follow best practices in gender-affirming care case
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New York jury finds psychologist and surgeon didn't follow best practices in gender-affirming care case
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New York jury finds psychologist and surgeon didn't follow best practices in gender-affirming care case
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‘Bigorexia’ Is On The Rise In Kids And Teens. Here’s What Parents Should Know.
Parents today are generally aware of mental health conditions that relate to body image, including common disorders like…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #bodydysmorphia #BodyImage #Mentalhealth #youngmen
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‘Bigorexia’ Is On The Rise In Kids And Teens. Here’s What Parents Should Know.
Parents today are generally aware of mental health conditions that relate to body image, including common disorders like…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Health #bodydysmorphia #BodyImage #Mentalhealth #youngmen
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Mass media: "Shocking! 10 failed celebrity plastic surgeries".
Also mass media: "You wouldn't believe how [celebrity] looks like NOW!" - shows a picture of someone looking completely normal for their age.
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Mass media: "Shocking! 10 failed celebrity plastic surgeries".
Also mass media: "You wouldn't believe how [celebrity] looks like NOW!" - shows a picture of someone looking completely normal for their age.
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Mass media: "Shocking! 10 failed celebrity plastic surgeries".
Also mass media: "You wouldn't believe how [celebrity] looks like NOW!" - shows a picture of someone looking completely normal for their age.
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White Lotus Aimee Lou Wood Opens Up on Body Dysmorphia
#AimeeLouWood #WhiteLotus #BodyDysmorphia #MentalHealth #bulimia #bodyshaming #EntertainmentNews #BodyPositivity #SelfAcceptance #TopStories #JenniferCoolidge #MurrayBartlett #ConnieBritton #AlexandraDaddario #SteveZahn #newsannakarolinaheinrichhttps://news-annakarolinaheinrich.com/white-lotus-aimee-lou-wood/
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White Lotus Aimee Lou Wood Opens Up on Body Dysmorphia
#AimeeLouWood #WhiteLotus #BodyDysmorphia #MentalHealth #bulimia #bodyshaming #EntertainmentNews #BodyPositivity #SelfAcceptance #TopStories #JenniferCoolidge #MurrayBartlett #ConnieBritton #AlexandraDaddario #SteveZahn #newsannakarolinaheinrichhttps://news-annakarolinaheinrich.com/white-lotus-aimee-lou-wood/
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White Lotus Aimee Lou Wood Opens Up on Body Dysmorphia
#AimeeLouWood #WhiteLotus #BodyDysmorphia #MentalHealth #bulimia #bodyshaming #EntertainmentNews #BodyPositivity #SelfAcceptance #TopStories #JenniferCoolidge #MurrayBartlett #ConnieBritton #AlexandraDaddario #SteveZahn #newsannakarolinaheinrichhttps://news-annakarolinaheinrich.com/white-lotus-aimee-lou-wood/
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White Lotus Aimee Lou Wood Opens Up on Body Dysmorphia
#AimeeLouWood #WhiteLotus #BodyDysmorphia #MentalHealth #bulimia #bodyshaming #EntertainmentNews #BodyPositivity #SelfAcceptance #TopStories #JenniferCoolidge #MurrayBartlett #ConnieBritton #AlexandraDaddario #SteveZahn #newsannakarolinaheinrichhttps://news-annakarolinaheinrich.com/white-lotus-aimee-lou-wood/
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Karan Johar opens up on having body dysmorphia, as Twinkle Khanna talks about his physical trasformation: ‘I’m uncomfortable in my own skin’ | Hindi Movie News
Film-maker Karan Johar is always known for being his true self in interviews and is always seen displaying…
#NewsBeep #News #Celebrities #AU #Australia #bodydysmorphia #Entertainment #JanhviKapoor #Kajol #KaranJohar #Mentalhealth #TwinkleKhanna #TwoMuch
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CW: Eyestrain, bright colors, body dysmorphia
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CW: Eyestrain, bright colors, body dysmorphia
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CW: Eyestrain, bright colors, body dysmorphia
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CW: Pills, body dysmorphia
Beautiful? Adorable? This flesh prison that I’ve come to hate, that’s attractive to you? My body can’t even work right; it sabotages me with pain and horrible feelings in my brain. Crooked spine, struggling organs, I want to get a new one please! I wasn’t built right. The numbers don’t make sense, I can’t focus even on the important things. Trouble understanding social queues, embarrassing myself in public. Is that a joke or are you serious? If you don’t explain things in detail to me I’ll struggle to perform. Why are you mad at me? I’m not intending to be rude, I’m asking you for clarification. Too sensitive; criticism feels like a punch to the gut. What’s the point? I take more pills to stay alive. Watching people my own age thrive while I cower in my room. My body makes me feel like a monster that is trying to replicate being a human. It’s not very good at it.
#Ramblings #poetry #poem #free-verse #disabled #spoonie #chronic-pain #body-dysmorphia #self-hate #actually-disabled #autistic #adhd #dyscalculia #neurodivergent -
I am experiencing some strange #bodydysmorphia that isn't exactly bad.
I was #obese most of my life, and wasn't in a healthy range until the last few years, and now that my body is mostly muscle instead of fat, I am learning I can move in ways I never considered.
Also since I am a lot lighter, I have to put more effort into moving heavy things, and can't rely on brute force.
Moving feels effortless, and it takes me no effort to motivate myself to get up or move.
