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A Way Out of the Prison of Eating and Body Image Disorders

Author(s): Melánia Ferencz
Subject(s): Psychology of Self
Published by: Korunk Baráti Társaság
Keywords: imperfect body; labeling; learning; dance; self-acceptance

Summary/Abstract: For four decades, I was repeatedly labeled, and I wasn’t kind to the girl – the woman – I saw in the mirror every day. I believed I would only be acceptable and lovable if I made myself perfect. There was hardly any part of my body I was happy with, and I also struggled with eating. Then, as an adult woman, I realized that what I was doing to myself was not normal, so I started searching the internet and came across the term eating and body image disorder. Finally, there was a name for what had tormented me for many years. I took the first uncertain steps on the path to recovery, slowly making peace with my body. Books, films, conversations helped me – and a fun dance class, in which I have been one of the Romanian representatives for five years now. It’s not an easy process, but it’s worth it. For me

  • Issue Year: 2025
  • Issue No: 09
  • Page Range: 101-105
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Hungarian
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