Body Dysphoria in Anorexia and Transgenderism

People are desperate to separate the body dysphoria that transgender teens display from the dysphoria that teens with an eating disorder display. Are they really so different? Maybe, but maybe not.…
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By MHeket on 14 April, 2017
People are desperate to separate the body dysphoria that transgender teens display from the dysphoria that teens with an eating disorder display. Are they really so different? Maybe, but maybe not.…
By MHeket on 3 June, 2016
Mothering through anorexia is pretty much like living through hell. It's really important for mothers to be realistic with themselves about their achievements, rather than just critical of everything.…
By MHeket on 14 March, 2016
Why do so many adult men expect to maintain a relationship without any emotional input whatsoever? Why do they think that relationships should function without any emotional substance?…
By MHeket on 7 January, 2016
The pressure to lose weight is enormous, but there should be more pressure on the beauty and weight loss industries to rein in their propaganda. Thin doesn't equate to happy, nor healthy.…
By MHeket on 16 October, 2015
Someone with an eating disorder can, for all intents and purposes, look perfectly healthy. By the time their bones are sticking out the disease is very advanced, and not all sufferers reach that stage…
By MHeket on 25 September, 2015
Is all the fuss to love your stretchmarks actually helping women or is it just silencing and shaming them by invalidating women's feelings about changes to their bodies?…
By Lizzie Carroll on 24 September, 2015
How can a woman get the support she needs in life? From birth plans to career, it's tough finding people who will genuinely support you, as opposed to just paying lip service.…
By MHeket on 18 September, 2015
The word nag is one that is used solely to shut down the conversation. Women don’t want to be called nags, and men don’t want to have to pick up their socks. It is time to shed misogynistic language.…
By Lisa Morgan on 27 August, 2015
The wild woman psyche is at the very essence of all women and a part of validating this is to allow our intuition to give us information.…
By Lisa Morgan on 27 August, 2015
Self care tools help the right side of the brain to process and heal difficult emotions at times where the left side is trying to suppress or avoid emotions.…
By Lisa Morgan on 22 August, 2015
Creating and building secret womyn's places is essential for nurturing the wildish feminine. Time spent in these spaces nourish women's inner selves.…
By Lisa Morgan on 22 August, 2015
Valuing our connections to other women is an important part of honouring the sacred sisterhood. Finding common ground helps us all to empathise.…
By MHeket on 16 August, 2015
We need to shine the spotlight on schoolyard bullying, including online bullying and start protecting children from its harmful effects like depression and suicide.…
By Lisa Morgan on 14 August, 2015
Repairing broken bridges to the wildish self can help with personal boundaries. Sometimes it is quicker to swim the river until the bridge is repaired.…
By MHeket on 14 August, 2015
Women are so desperate to reach peace within themselves that they push away their anger, viewing it as a negative and damaging emotion. But why are we forgiving people we have never been angry at?…