In this episode of the podcast, Lauren is back for a solo conversation and deep dive into trauma, eating disorders, and perfectionism. She shares how her own history of experiencing various types of trauma led her into a vicious cycle of trying to prove her "good-enough-ness," as well as how she plans to permanently break out of her self-destructive behaviors and retire her old perfectionistic ways.

 

We also talk about:

• Lauren's experiences with sexual assault and abuse
• One in four women is sexually assaulted, and 99% of women blame themselves
• Shame, blame, and judgment as the product of trauma and fuel for perfectionism
• Perfectionism as a self-destructive and addictive belief system
• Perfectionistic striving versus perfectionistic concerns
• The psychological risk factors, behaviors, and health outcomes associated with pathological perfectionism
• Eating disorders as mitigating factors and maintaining factors for perfectionism and PTSD
• Increased PTSD symptomatology in individuals with higher levels of perfectionism
• The function of control, or a perceived lack of control, in the development and progression of eating disorders, perfectionism, and PTSD
• Lauren's commitment to 30 days of abstinence from her exercise addiction and perfectionism

 

Helpful Links:

Research Article 1

Research Article 2

Research Article 3

The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown

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