There was a post on Lifehack the other day called, “3 Reasons Why Shame is Your Friend.”  I saw that headline and of course HAD to read it. It turns out it’s the third in a series, after “Why Fear is Your Friend”  and “Why Sadness is Your Friend.” How many times have we talked about these things in therapy… as negative influences?
Personally, they’re all pretty interconnected for me. I’m all about avoiding everything (seriously), and a lot of that is probably fear-based. I’m afraid of screwing …

There are lots of reasons to NOT seek treatment, and many of them are valid. However, reasonable or not, they are still excuses and they help keep you sick.

Note: While there is REAL research on barriers to treatment, this post only contains my opinion. Maybe I’ll blog about the factual stuff later…

Headline: Bad Economy Spurs Eating Disorders
According to Twin Cities, the patient load at Park Nicollet’s Melrose Institute/St. Louis has increased by 36 percent from one year ago, while the patient load at The Emily Program/St. Paul has increased by 20 percent for the same time period.
For instance, he says, people who suffer from an obsession with their weight, but who exercise to control weight gain rather than starve themselves, may no longer be able to afford their gym memberships. In that case, Jahraus says, they may decide to limit their …

The growing obesity epidemic is nothing new, and I’ve written about government-imposed food restrictions in elementary schools before, but I’m pretty disappointed that the government would charge non-dieting, overweight Americans: State’s Obesity Risk: Lose Weight or Lose Insurance
To summarize this article in a couple of lines:
Alabama is giving its employees roughly a year to start getting in shape or state employees will be charged $25 a month for insurance that would otherwise be free.
Some states offer benefits for healthy living, but Alabama is the first state to punish those not …