S10 EP25: Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Eating Disorders Explained by Rachel Rifkin
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2024
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
You asked us: Everyone says to love your body, but how? We invited Rachel Rifkin, LMHC, CEDS, and Associate Director of Support Groups for the National Alliance for Eating Disorders to the podcast to answer your questions and explain what BDD (Body Dysmorphic Disorder) is and talk openly about eating disorders. Rachel is a licensed mental health counselor, specializing in eating disorders within the LGBTQ+ community with lived eating disorder experience.
In this episode, Rachel talks about what BDD and eating disorders look like, explains how they manifest, and gives us advice on what to do if you or a loved one are struggling. Rachel tells us how to use attainable language surrounding our bodies, like body tolerance, and body disconnect when looking to get to a place of acceptance. She has advice on how to acknowledge and respect our bodies realistically and avoid traps. How do you support a loved one with BDD? Please know that you are not alone. There is help!:
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(00:00:00) Introducing Rachel Rifkin, LMHC, CEDS, Associate Director of Support Groups for The Alliance.
(00:04:20) How Rachel Rifkin’s eating disorder started her on this career path.
(00:13:40) What does an eating disorder look like?
(00:19:16) A basic definition of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) to start the conversation.
(00:25:45) Signs that might indicate a struggle with BDD on ANY level and muscle dysmorphia.
(00:31:10) BDD is not an eating disorder but it can be connected to one.
(00:33:48) How life events that bring body changes or emotional responses can cause BDD to manifest.
(00:40:40) TTSL Community question: Everyone says to love your body, but how?
(00:46:40) Small steps to take towards neutrality when hating your body.
(00:56:10) TTSL Community question: how can we support our loved ones who have body dysmorphia without invalidating their feelings?
(01:08:04) Value not connected to appearance and how meaningful compliments can disrupt and change thought patterns.
(01:16:32) Where to find and connect with Rachel Rifkin and/or look for resources.
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| 0:00.0 | because people will get really stuck on like, if I'm always thinking about recovery, I'm like, |
| 0:05.4 | I'm exhausted. I don't want to do it. This is hard, right? The Q. It's my whole identity. |
| 0:10.4 | Mm-hmm. So it's like, how do you just get back into life again? And that means allowing more space |
| 0:15.9 | for that flexibility, recognizing there's more than one version of maybe an experience and connecting to other |
| 0:23.3 | ways that you can actually be yourself and not just be that disorder. |
| 0:31.1 | Hi guys and welcome back to the Thigh Thighs Save Lives podcast. |
| 0:35.4 | We have the episode you've been waiting for. I am Rachel. And I'm Kelsey. |
| 0:41.2 | Guys, we have Rachel Rifkin with us today, who is a licensed to mental health counselor who |
| 0:49.9 | specializes in eating disorders. She has such an impressive resume, dual master certifications |
| 0:58.6 | in counseling from Columbia. She has certifications in sexuality, women, and gender studies. |
| 1:06.0 | And she is clinically trained and has experience as a therapist in eating disorder treatment |
| 1:13.9 | facilities as well as a private practice. |
| 1:17.6 | So Rachel has been involved with an organization in which we highly regard, which is the |
| 1:25.1 | alliance since 2013. |
| 1:31.3 | And she's an associate director of the support groups there. Rachel, we are so lucky to have you with us today because this is a topic |
| 1:38.0 | that just every woman needs to hear. Absolutely. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited to be part of this conversation. |
| 1:46.3 | And the fact that you are willing to even have this conversation speaks volumes that so many |
| 1:51.6 | people are not even willing to recognize. |
| 1:54.4 | So really excited to be here. |
| 1:56.9 | Yeah, we're so excited. |
| 1:58.0 | We actually, so we've been so excited about this episode that we pulled |
| 2:02.6 | a lot of our audience before the episode to get questions from them that they wanted to hear |
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