This is self-work and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford at self-work. We'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world and what to do about them.

I'm Dr. Margaret and self-work as a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work

Hi and welcome or welcome back to self-work.

I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

I'm a clinical psychologist out of Fayetteville, Arkansas.

And last year I decided to extend the walls of my practice

to those who might listen to a podcast about psychological issues or therapy,

but might never darken the door of a therapist, or perhaps you are in therapy and you're just

interested in hearing another therapist perspective.

I've been doing this over 25 years and I feel like I'm a conduit sometimes between patients I've seen in the past and patients that I treat now.

I simply pass on the wisdom of what has worked from that earlier patient to the now patient.

We also talk about really diverse topics here at self-work.

And today's topic is on eating disorders or actually more specifically anorexia.

We're going to define anorexia.

We're going to define anorexia,

we're going to see how it's different from what's called body dysmorphia,

and then I'm going to give you some very eloquent writing

that a woman here locally gave me. I was so touched by it and you

may find yourself if you struggle with wanting to be thin or obsessing about being thin. You may find yourself in what she

sent me. We'll talk a little bit about when depression is normal. I know that sounds kind of

funny, but there was a book about it when feeling bad is good

written back in the early 90s and we're going to talk about it and then today's

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