Ableism, cured by loss, and eye contact
Psychology In Seattle Podcast
Kirk Honda
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🗓️ 1 March 2024
⏱️ 94 minutes
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00:00 Can you be cured by loss?
14:24 Examples of ableism
41:27 Parenting and ableism
1:08:47 OPP
1:11:20 Anxiety & eye contact
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March 1, 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Hey deserve an listeners, I thought I would answer some patron emails. |
| 0:05.0 | This email comes from Middle-tier anonymous patron. |
| 0:08.0 | She says, |
| 0:09.0 | Can the passing of an abusive relative be enough to cure body dysmorphia and pathological |
| 0:16.0 | low self-esteem. Can the passing of an abusive relative be enough to cure body dysmorphia and pathologically low self-esteem. |
| 0:27.0 | I have always had body dysmorphia. |
| 0:31.0 | It is extreme to the point where I look in the mirror and I will see this wrinkled |
| 0:37.7 | obese troll-looking person. It has been this way since I was a little girl, but it got significantly worse in adulthood. |
| 0:46.0 | For reference, I am 32 now. |
| 0:49.0 | About six weeks ago, my father passed away he was an addict and when I was young he would go |
| 0:57.4 | back and forth between being a decent father and being abusive to me I am conflicted because ever since his funeral it's like |
| 1:08.4 | my body dysmorphia has gone completely I don't understand it and if you told me that someone waved a |
| 1:16.1 | magic wand in front of me while I was sleeping I would believe it. My fundamental |
| 1:21.5 | understanding used to be that I was a disgusting creature who was |
| 1:26.5 | unintelligent and a bad person. Now I'm so confident. |
| 1:32.6 | When I catch my reflection in the mirror, I double check because I feel like I'm seeing someone |
| 1:37.2 | else, somebody very attractive and accomplished and worthy of life. |
| 1:42.1 | I like to write and when I read something I've written I feel proud of it and I want to show it off now. |
| 1:49.8 | How has my self-esteem change so much in just from the loss of someone I've been |
| 1:55.4 | estranged from for 15 years. Any advice or thoughts are appreciated. End of email. |
| 2:01.3 | Yeah I've heard this before it it's rare, but it does happen. Usually, you know, |
| 2:07.0 | the internalized abusive object doesn't dissolve with the passing of that individual and the I will say morbidly that |
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