My partner and I both struggle with our bodies after weight gain during the pandemic, but we're handling it in completely opposite ways — they're obsessively dieting and exercising while I've given up completely, and we can't even talk about food or clothes without tension. We used to support each other through everything, but now we're just triggering each other's shame spirals.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people who love each other are inadvertently reinforcing each other's worst patterns around body shame and self-perception.
“Where Are You with Body image and self-perception?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.