COVID-19 restrictions affecting those with body image disorders
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SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) — COVID-19 safety regulations have affected those who struggle with body image in different ways.
There are several impacts the pandemic has had on those dealing with an eating disorder or body dysmorphic disorder.
It’s national eating disorder awareness week and experts said the pandemic may have made it harder for those struggling with an eating disorder and maybe a little easier for those dealing with body dysmorphia.
More than 30 million Americans struggle with some sort of eating disorder about a third of those are men and boys.
Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are illnesses that thrive in isolation.
Rebekah Bardwell Doweyko, Assistant Vice President of Clinical Operations for Connecticut and Western Mass. from Walden Behavioral Health said some people may be having an even harder time now because they have to see themselves on a camera all day during Zoom calls.
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