Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories

Body dysmorphia, disordered eating, and embodiment


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Body dysmorphia is the disorder of imagined ugliness, a type of delusional OCD that can lead to severe depression, eating disorders, compulsive body alterations, and suicidality.  As a young child, Georgina was a "cute kid", not particularly self-conscious, and able to move through her world without undue pain. With the onset of adolescence, however, her self-image changed completely-- she suddenly found her face horribly ugly, she felt helpless and hopeless, and she frantically tried to find ways to cope.

Here Georgina shares her story of recovery from body dysmorphia and an eating disorder, a long and winding path from Health and Wellness Instagram fame while compulsively exercising and restricting to the hard work of showing up in therapy to rediscovering her non-judgmental inner child during a psilocybin journey.  Georgina and Dr. H also explore orthorexia, atypical anorexia, intuitive eating, and the concept of healing through embodiment.

Georgina Berbari is a writer and photographer living in NYC
https://www.georginaberbari.com

Dr. Hillary McBride's new book "The Wisdom of Your Body"
https://hillarylmcbride.com/the-wisdom-of-your-body/

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Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in StoriesBy Craig Heacock MD

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