On Healthy Living

The way we view ourselves can either add to, or take away from our health and overall well-being.

Eating disorders and depression seem to be on the increase. Not all are related to the way we view ourselves, but some start out that way. A person may view themselves so negatively that they will go to the extreme in having multiple surgeries and diet in a very unhealthy way and wreck havoc on their body. They want to have that “perfect” look.

If what’s on the inside of a person isn’t corrected, surgery and crash dieting isn’t going to help. Unless you change your negative views of yourself into positive views, you will have a continuous battle with yourself.

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to enhance one’s looks, but when it becomes an obsession or goes to the extreme because a person views themselves so negatively, it will eventually backfire.

If you feel obsessed with perfecting the exterior of yourself by going to the extreme - STOP in your tracks and ask yourself…how are you viewing yourself? How are you viewing yourself from the inside out, not the outside in? Look inward first to understand what is going on before ruining your health with an eating disorder or countless

Kathy Dove wrote this on June 27th, 2008 and filed it under Healthy Living, Women's Health, Mental Health, Men's Health |