Posted by Medusa on October 8, 2003, at 15:57:56
In reply to I guess I'm not fixed and normal yet., posted by Susan J on October 8, 2003, at 14:54:16
Hey. I've found a lot of help in the mirror work exercises in the book _When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies_, by Munter and Hirschmann. It's geared toward women with food and body issues, but it helped me with my feelings about my face. No, I don't feel gorgeous all the time, or even much of the time, but I feel okay. The basic idea in the book (my take!) is that "bad body thoughts" (or ugly face thoughts, or whatever) are rarely really about the body or the face - something deeper is the matter. Which you seem to understand. The exercises help to internalize this understanding.
I wanted to look up the mirror exercises for you, but couldn't find that book. I knew I'd misplaced one of their two, and that's the one. Maybe your library will have it, or maybe I can find examples on-line. If you're interested.
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