G&STC Director Jesse Talks with O.School about How Men Can Overcome Body Image Issues
Check out G&STC’s Director Jesse Kahn talking with Kelly Gonsalves at O.School about tips for men to overcome body image issues.
A professional can also help you overcome body dysmorphic disorder, also known as body dysmorphia. This is a mental disorder wherein a person suffers from persistent preoccupation with their imagined physical flaws. Those flaws are often exaggerated or not based in reality, according to Jesse Kahn, LCSW-R, CST, sex therapist and director at the Gender & Sexuality Therapy Center in New York City. A professional can help you work through this disorder and help you change these negative narratives you have about yourself.
“If you feel you are alone — you are not,” Kahn reminds. “There are other men struggling with body dysmorphia, body image struggles, and struggles connected to how they relate to food, exercise and fitness.”