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"8 ways to combat body image anxiety post-lockdown"
« on: July 19, 2021, 09:17:32 AM »
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  • https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/19/health/body-image-anxiety-lockdown-wellness-partner/index.html

    8 ways are given... and not one about exercise or healthy eating to actually fix the problem.

    Is this the world we live in now where trying to actually address problems is a bad thing and only pretending they don't exist with "mindfulness" or whatever is allowed?


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    Re: "8 ways to combat body image anxiety post-lσcкdσωn"
    « Reply #1 on: July 19, 2021, 11:38:19 AM »
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  • Quite simply, a healthy way of life (physical and spiritual) hurts the pharm business. 


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    Re: "8 ways to combat body image anxiety post-lσcкdσωn"
    « Reply #2 on: July 19, 2021, 03:13:09 PM »
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  • Quite simply, a healthy way of life (physical and spiritual) hurts the pharm business.
    Yes, and putting God first.
    We must take care of the body, within reason. But remember that our body will one day feed the worms -- we must prepare our soul to be judged by God, who won't miss a thing. 
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    Re: "8 ways to combat body image anxiety post-lσcкdσωn"
    « Reply #3 on: July 19, 2021, 03:57:05 PM »
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  • Yes, and putting God first.
    We must take care of the body, within reason. But remember that our body will one day feed the worms -- we must prepare our soul to be judged by God, who won't miss a thing.
    No, I agree. There are more important things than your body, and there's no shame in being out of shape if you're too busy or stressed or whatever else. There've been multitudes of holy people "out of shape" because they had far too many important matters to attend to before they could spare time for the gym, or whatever else. But if an article is trying to advise people on what to do about their own issues with their body, it should be offering them actual solutions, not just telling them to stick their fingers in their ears.

    It's like if I wrote an article called "8 ways to combat anxiety about the tattered state of your car". There's nothing wrong with having a run-down car, but if you're someone clicking on such an article, then it's something important to you that you'd like to fix. So I should be offering you real solutions to fix your car, rather than just telling you "having a beat down piece of **** is alright; meditate or something". That's of no benefit whatsoever to someone trying to fix the problems with their car. Same applies to people concerned about their physical health.

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    Re: "8 ways to combat body image anxiety post-lσcкdσωn"
    « Reply #4 on: July 19, 2021, 05:34:17 PM »
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  • https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/19/health/body-image-anxiety-lσcкdσωn-wellness-partner/index.html

    8 ways are given... and not one about exercise or healthy eating to actually fix the problem.

    Is this the world we live in now where trying to actually address problems is a bad thing and only pretending they don't exist with "mindfulness" or whatever is allowed?
    This is CNN, so I am hardly surprised... at the same time, the healthy mindset that they seem to be promoting here can often be as helpful as exercise and healthy eating... but the mindset by itself doesn't do it. And it's a hell of a lot harder to have an 'accepting' mindset about your own body when you're NOT exercising or eating healthy, than it is when you ARE.... but at the same time, it's possible to be doing what you can to be healthy, and NOT think it's enough, and NOT be accepting of your own body... 

    That article though is only gonna delude more people into not starting the process to be healthy, if they are currently not.