An unhealthy thing you have to stop saying during COVID-19

These negative words can be extremely harmful.


There was a lot of forage for the discussion in recent months, especially with thecoronavirus pandemic sweep the globe-but one of the most commonly discussed topics is stillWeight gain for quarantine. Although weight gain and body dissatisfaction have been constant conversation topics for ages, especially among women, these discussions are extremely unhealthy. Like quarantine modified the regimes andexercise regimesMany people felt disconnected from their body and their health, which made a negative "corporal speech" even more perverse.

Women's corps dissatisfaction was so omnipresent for a long time that the researchers of the body's image began to refer to it as"Normative discontent" Back in the 1980s. This sentence refers to the fact that women are so inclined not to love their bodies that it is considered the norm. However, this "standard" is not healthy and should not be considered normal.

AsCharlotte Markey, PhD, wrote for US news and the global report, "Conversations on weight and appearance Concerns seem to provide an opportunity for female binding. These concerns cover age, ethnicity, class and political inclinations and seem to be conceptualized as "safe" conversation topics. In the midst of all controversial topics 2020 highlighted, discussing weight gain feels comfortable for women, who assume women they will just agree. However, the marketing writes: "Research on the body image suggests that these conversations are anything but negative" bodily negotiations have no more protruding during the quarantine.

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And it's not just women who engage in negative corporal discussion. Markey refers to a recent study of the University of Missouri University of Missouri's Research and Policy Center, which "found that 37% of women and 44% of men over 800 young adults surveyed Prefer to contract Covid-19 than to win 25 pounds while distance. "This study suggests that the repercussions of the talk organ drew the lives of people to the extent that they would prefer to have a potentially fatal disease to gain weight.

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You cut offnegative corporal speech All this is not easy when it is so rooted in society. Some research suggests that the best way to change the persistent culture of negative corporal discussion ischallenge. When you catch yourself, you speak negatively about your body, challenge your own reflection and examine the real reason you want to discuss it. In addition, you can challenge your social circles to have more productive conversations during these unprecedented times, moving away from discussing the appearance - and discussing things that really matter. And if the pandemic has been particularly difficult for you because of the disordered manual, check these7 tips for people who have trouble with food disorders during quarantine.


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