The war within

I saw this on someecards.com earlier this week and it just stuck in my mind. I know that feeling, no doubt most of us do. But stop and think about it. This is really a story about being at war with one's body and never feeling just okay or at home within the body that is, whether fat or thin. It is a terrible thing we do to ourselves and the kind of looking back that this image so perfectly captures is just one of many ways we torment ourselves and persist in feeling shame and loathing for the body we live in.  I think of Lot's wife, turned to a pillar of salt because she looks back. The kind of wishing that our woman is doing isn't grieving for something lost but a kind denial and turning away from what is. And holding onto that keeps her out of fully inhabiting her body and her life. I wish this were not a scenario that I see every week in my office. 
Source: Jung At Heart - Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs