They missed the impact on the nervous system of being constantly assessed. Research now shows self-objectification impairs interoception, the ability to sense your own body from the inside. Women who learn to monitor their reflection lose accuracy in detecting their own heartbeat. Their own hunger. Their own fatigue. This isn't trauma with a... See more

They missed that you can't ‘discharge’ or ‘release’ what was never a single event. Shaking. Tremoring. Completing the interrupted fight-or-flight sequence. These tools assume a charge that built up and needs release. A tiger you couldn't escape. An accident you couldn't process. But how do you shake off twenty years of sucking in your stomach? How... See more