January 9, 2023
The Intricacies of Change & Body Image
Change is always at first perceived before it is accepted, and the latter only comes after a long process of trust and adjustment. When change is beyond our control (which it so often is), we are quite bad at adjusting to it. We like to keep ourselves under the illusion that everything will remain the same for as long as possible, even if we know that is not true. Why do we do this? This article takes the example of body image, an area of our lives that is particularly vulnerable to change, in order to better understand human behavioural patterns in face of unwanted change while suggesting some healthy ways to accept, adjust, and embrace that change.