Body image
.Body image is the representation we create in our mind of what we think we look like to others.
Dr. Mark Reynolds reviewed this
35 year experience in Psychiatry
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A 29-year old asked:
Plz define yoor body image?
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A 37-year old asked:
How do I fix my bad body image?
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A 48-year old asked:
Are there things that can hurt my body image?
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A 21-year old asked:
How can one improve his or her own body image?
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A 48-year old asked:
How does my body image change when i'm in love?
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A 44-year old asked:
What can happen if you have negative body image?
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A 48-year old asked:
I feel fat. What can I do to get a better body image?
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A 34-year old asked:
How can a negative body image hamper exercise at a gym?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Is 'body image' the cause of a bulimia relapse?
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A 40-year old asked:
Please offer some ways to get over obsessive body-image!?
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A 34-year old asked:
What's a good way for us to as a society promote healthy body image?
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A 37-year old female asked:
I mean can u become anorexic....From illness..Not body image or anything of that sort?
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A 32-year old asked:
What can be done against excessively thin body image in the media?
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A 44-year old asked:
Should I look to friends or strangers for support for my distorted body image?
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A 18-year old female asked:
What is the percentage of people who had 'body image' as their reason to "relapse" into bulimia?
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A 45-year old asked:
How does a parent know if a teen has a distorted body image?
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A 46-year old asked:
I am afraid of being intimate with low self esteem about body image. Do you have any tips?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Why when suffering from Anorexia u can't see that from looking at a mirror how underweight u are and why body image Is distorted. How can I see this ?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I press on and suck in my stomach A LOT. Like i mean every minute or whatever. It makes me feel thinner, as i struggle with body image even though im apparently underweight. I was just wondering if this is bad or not?
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A 40-year old asked:
Can a mother affect daughter's body image?
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A 33-year old asked:
What can we do to stop young girls from focusing on their body image > brain?
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A 45-year old asked:
I feel depressed that I am 120 pounds and 5 foot 2! what should I do to get a better body image?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Is it still considered anorexia if my fear of eating has nothing to do with body image? I'm afraid to eat because I have emetophobia.
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A 40-year old asked:
I need a counselor, therapist or a hotline to talk to about body image! i feel terrible. Please help?
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A 37-year old female asked about a female:
Should I be worried about my 14 year old daughter going to boarding school if she has escalated anxiety and depression and has body image problems?
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A member asked:
So I go through periods where I want and try, to lose weight. Eventually I get to a point of noticable gains, feel really good about my progress, but then I feel guilty because I blame myself for letting global body image standards impact my view of myself. I'm right around 250-255lbs, and I'd love to get down to the 200 I was in college. But I don't want to admit that my body is somehow lacking if I don't get down to that weight. So I don't know how to handle it. Weight and mental health?
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A 17-year old female asked:
I tend to bloat on a daily basis and I have no idea what's causing it! it's not ibs. Help me! it's really uncomfortable and effects my body image! :(?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Hi, my daughter has been struggling with weight and body image for a few years now, and I want to help her. She is 14 years old, is 5 foot 3, and weighs 130lbs. Is she considered overweight?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Is positron emission tomography (PET) using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) injection used for whole body scan only or can it it be used just for imaging parts of the body separately (just an image of heart or breast)?
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A 81-year old male asked:
Show picture where are the kidneys located in which part of the body
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