Many of us hear stories of people who have addictions or dependencies to things like alcohol or smoking and think, “why would someone want to be dependent on things like that?” Well, before we jump to judging them, we should realize that many of us rely on certain things to help us cope with our emotional problems. There are all kinds of coping strategies that people use. Today's guest, Becky, shares her story of what it was like to struggle with an eating disorder and how she was able to finally stop engaging in this type of coping strategy.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Wanting to attain perfection and being the golden child
• How her family discovered her eating disorder
• Using her eating disorder as a way of controlling her weight
• Coping strategies - what they are and examples
• Positive ways to “self-medicate”
• Finding supportive people and ignoring the judgemental people
• Hypnotherapy - benefits and misconceptions
• Showing ourselves compassion
• Feeling a void inside and not knowing why
• Finally finding the root cause to her struggles
• How Becky helps her clients along their healing journey

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Other resources mentioned:

APA Dictionary - Coping Strategy

Positive Psychology Coping Strategies

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