{"id":2383,"date":"2017-10-30T19:45:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T19:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/article\/i-hate-my-body\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T17:40:55","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T21:40:55","slug":"i-hate-my-body","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/screening.mhanational.org\/es\/content\/i-hate-my-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Odio mi cuerpo."},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems so easy to hate the way our bodies look\u2014to nitpick the things we wish looked or felt differently. Because social media is everywhere, it’s hard not to compare ourselves to pictures of people who always seem to look good and comfortable in their bodies.<\/p>\n

Maybe you hate your body because you don’t feel quite right inside your body\u2014like the gender you\u2019ve been assigned doesn\u2019t match the way you feel inside.<\/p>\n

For people with mental health problems, we can hate our bodies because we are constantly judgmental of ourselves. Everything we do or say\u2014and definitely how we look\u2014can never be good enough. It’s also tough if a mental illness like depression makes it hard to eat well or exercise. Then we really hate how we look and feel horrible all at the same time.<\/p>\n

What can I do if I hate my body?<\/h2>\n

Part of the journey is learning to love yourself exactly the way you are today. Learning to love ourselves is hard\u2014it takes time to figure out why we feel like it’s ok to beat ourselves up. It takes time to heal from bad things that happened that make us hate ourselves. It takes time to figure out what we need to do\u2014the small steps we need to take\u2014to start feeling better.<\/p>\n

For some, it’s important to look inward and think about whether hating your body is resulting in distorted ideas about how you should look.\u00a0If you\u2019re thinking about your body in an unhealthy way or engaging in unhealthy behaviors around food, you might have an eating disorder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Signs of eating disorders can include:<\/p>\n