Self-disgust and urge to be thin in eating disorders: how can self-compassion help?

Intuitive Eating

Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment ◽

10.1093/med-psych/9780190841874.003.0008 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 68-79

Author(s):

Elyse Resch ◽

Tracy L. Tylka

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Intuitive Eating ◽

Self Compassion ◽

Body Acceptance ◽

Supportive Environments ◽

Different Cultures ◽

Internal Body

Intuitive eating involves being connected to, trusting in, and responding to the body’s internal hunger and satiety cues. This chapter first details the 10 principles of intuitive eating. Next, the chapter reviews the original and revised Intuitive Eating Scale (the IES and IES-2, respectively), which have been shown to yield reliable and valid scores in samples across different cultures. The chapter then discusses research and interventions on intuitive eating, revealing that it is an adaptive way of eating and living. The chapter ends with seven insights gleaned from intuitive eating research that can be used to situate and guide future investigations. Specifically, intuitive eating is grounded in body acceptance, is dependent on trust in internal body cues, is sabotaged for some individuals, is nurtured in autonomy-supportive environments, is intricately connected to self-compassion, can be taught (even among those with eating disorders), and is not positively associated with overeating.

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Self-Compassion and Eating Pathology in Female Adolescents with Eating Disorders: The Mediating Role of Psychological Distress

Mindfulness ◽

10.1007/s12671-019-01254-z ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (12) ◽

pp. 2716-2723 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rachelle Pullmer ◽

Shannon L. Zaitsoff ◽

Jennifer S. Coelho

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Psychological Distress ◽

Eating Pathology ◽

Female Adolescents ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Self Compassion

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Self-compassion in the face of shame and body image dissatisfaction: Implications for eating disorders

Eating Behaviors ◽

10.1016/j.eatbeh.2013.01.005 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 207-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 119

Author(s):

Cláudia Ferreira ◽

José Pinto-Gouveia ◽

Cristiana Duarte

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Body Image ◽

Body Image Dissatisfaction ◽

Self Compassion ◽

The Face

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Differences in self-compassion and shame-proneness in patients with borderline personality disorder, eating disorders, alcohol-addiction and in healthy controls: Is the narrative self at fault for everything?

10.31234/osf.io/ncjax ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jan Benda ◽

Daniel Kořínek ◽

Antonín Vyhnánek ◽

Tatiana Nemlahová

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Borderline Personality Disorder ◽

Personality Disorder ◽

Borderline Personality ◽

Alcohol Addiction ◽

Healthy Controls ◽

Disorder Eating ◽

Self Compassion ◽

Shame Proneness ◽

Wide Range

Objectives: The lack of self-compassion and shame-proneness may both be associated with a wide range of mental disorders. The aim of this study was to compare the levels of compassionate self-responding and shame-proneness in samples of patients with borderline personality disorder, eating disorders, alcohol-addiction and in healthy controls.Methods: All three clinical groups and healthy controls were administered scales measuring self-compassion (SCS) and shame-proneness (TOSCA-3S). Differences in compassionate self-responding and shame-proneness were analyzed and effect sizes were calculated.Results: All three clinical groups were found to have significantly lower compassionate self-responding and significantly higher shame-proneness than healthy controls. The magnitudes of difference in compassionate self-responding and shame-proneness, between all clinical groups and healthy controls, were moderate to large.Conclusions: We hypothesize, that implicit belief in self as a permanent entity together with the lack of self-compassion leads to increased shame-proneness, which causes various psychopathological symptoms. We assume, that clients suffering from all these disorders may benefit from treatments or particular interventions that facilitate the development of self-compassion or shame management.

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Compassion-Based Interventions to Facilitate Positive Body Image and Embodiment

Handbook of Positive Body Image and Embodiment ◽

10.1093/med-psych/9780190841874.003.0026 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 265-276

Author(s):

Allison C. Kelly ◽

Kathryn E. Miller ◽

Kiruthiha Vimalakanthan ◽

Jessica R. Dupasquier ◽

Sydney Waring

Keyword(s):

Eating Disorders ◽

Body Image ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Body Appreciation ◽

Positive Body Image ◽

Self Compassion ◽

Compassion Focused Therapy ◽

Mixed Gender ◽

Overweight Or Obesity ◽

Improve Health

A growing number of interventions for body image and eating disorders now seek to build individuals’ capacities for self-compassion and other-compassion. Compassion-focused therapy (CFT) helps self-critical individuals to relate to themselves and others from a more compassionate mindset and to grow more comfortable receiving compassion from others. Though more empirical research is needed, preliminary studies revealed that in women with eating disorders, body image preoccupation, or the presence of overweight or obesity, CFT-based interventions can reduce eating pathology, decrease shame, improve body image, increase capacities for self-compassion and other-compassion, and improve health. In addition, mindfulness meditations that focus on the cultivation of self-compassion and other-compassion have been found to improve body image-related experiences, including body appreciation. It will be important to extend the extant research by conducting larger scale studies of compassion-based interventions in mixed-gender samples with a greater focus on assessing positive body image outcomes.

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