![]() That’s especially key on trips because there is a lot of pressure to have certain types of clothes, like nicer clothes or clothes that feel more tropical or just something that will make a splash on their Instagram page. How do you recommend dealing with that?ĭuvall: Instead of trying to shift your body to fit into clothes, really try to instead find clothes that fit your body as it is now. Just by doing them you’re able to experience a little bit less pressure, you’re starting to feel like maybe it’s not the end of the world that I wear this pair of overalls, and that can be really supportive into working towards your best summer.ĬNN: Packing for those summer trips might be triggering. Opposite action would be doing those things even if you’re feeling distressed or kind of scared about doing them. We like to talk about of thinking about what your body or your brain is telling you to do - maybe you feel a lot of pressure to not wear your favorite pair of overalls or to not wear a swimsuit and to skip out on the beach activities altogether. It could be doing something like opposite action, which is a skill. That could be as simple as saying like, ‘OK, I hear this thought in my head, it is not my own thought. What we can start doing is challenging (the pressure to slim down) once we’re aware of it. There’s constant messaging, and it makes a lot of sense that we’re going to feel this pressure. It’s understanding these messages are out there, and there’s something that will intentionally or unintentionally push you to do different things. There’s a reason that we talk about this in tandem with eating disorders - it can perpetuate some of the behaviors connected to eating disorders, which can push someone into developing one.ĬNN: How do we get out from under the pressure to slim down for summer?ĭuvall: A lot of it starts with awareness. We start to feel like we haven’t tried hard enough, which will just continue a shame spiral which often continues our behaviors and makes them even stronger. And so when it can’t happen, we start to blame ourselves. The messaging that we’re getting is not actually realistic. There’s always that shame that comes up when we’re not able to achieve (that perfect body). It’s also mentally harmful too because we spend so much time thinking about food or thinking about how our bodies should look. It usually requires a lot of really harmful behaviors, like restriction, eating disorder behaviors, using certain medications or dieting tea. Trying to have our body look a certain way is not something that a majority of people can do safely. This conversation has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.ĬNN: What’s wrong with trying to have a “bikini body?”Īlly Duvall: Anytime somebody talks about how your body is supposed to look a certain way, it has the potential to be harmful because we are all individual people, and our bodies look so different. Ally Duvall said the shame that comes with not meeting body image expectations for the summer can be tied with eating disorders. ![]()
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