[Marstudent] 8 ways to manage body image anxiety after lockdown — The Conversation

[Rowe, Wayne]

Ohio State Marion Professor of Psychology, Dr. Tracy Tylka recently published an article in The Conversation that you might like…

“8 ways to manage body image anxiety after lockdown” — The Conversation

June 14, 2021

Being able to socialize again may bring enthusiasm and a sense of normalcy – but it may also increase anxiety over how your body might have changed.
I am a psychologist who has studied body image<https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=7kHjzaEAAAAJ> for over 20 years, and I’ve seen how the COVID-19 pandemic could affect health and well-being<https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.048> in numerous ways, including body image<https://www.eatingrecoverycenter.com/article/pandemic-body-image>. Gyms were closed. Self-care rituals may have fallen by the wayside as stress and hardships like homeschooling and strained finances piled up. The pandemic also took away a major way people cope: Social support<https://www.apa.org/topics/stress/manage-social-support> through physical contact<https://www.apa.org/topics/stress/manage-social-support>.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE >>> https://theconversation.com/8-ways-to-manage-body-image-anxiety-after-lockdown-162224
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