What if I told you that the mirror lies?
Eating Disorders Treatment Center - Albuquerque, NM
by LoriB
3y ago
Mirror Mirror On the Wall… What if I told you that the mirror lies?  Many of us have made it part of our daily routine to check the mirror first thing in the morning and for some of us, numerous times in a day.  We look at our reflection and believe what we see to be reality. However, the mirror reflects our own perceptions of what we see. Want to check that? Imagine what it would be like if no one ever told you how you should look. How would that change your perception of yourself?  Unfortunately, our perceptions have been clouded by our culture’s expectations and standards of ..read more
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Family Dinners—A thing of the past??
Eating Disorders Treatment Center - Albuquerque, NM
by Alexandrea
5y ago
As a writer who is a grandmother, a mother and a psychotherapist who specializes in the treatment of Eating Disorders, I have noticed a trend in the past 30 years that disturbs me. It is the death of the “family dinner”.   More often than not, as I interview prospective patients for higher level of care programs at EDTC, I hear there are few to no meals that families eat together in a week. I can’t help but believe this is part of the socio-cultural climate that breeds eating disorders. We’ve become so busy with work and planned events that what used to be sacred now seems impractical and wort ..read more
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I love who I am becoming…
Eating Disorders Treatment Center - Albuquerque, NM
by manager
6y ago
I love who I am becoming… Over this weekend with all my crazy… I realized who cares if I’m an attention seeker, who cares if it’s all about me, who cares if I’m a know it all, or whatever else anyone says about me. I am strong, I am recovering, and I am here, and I’m doing the work, and if that means it seems like I wanna be center of attention and only care about myself and it’s Katie’s world then cool, because that’s a far cry from who I was 8 months ago when I didn’t think I deserved anything, when I didn’t think I was worth anything. My kids love me as I am, my husband loves me as I am, my ..read more
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