Do You Know Where You Are On The Need Graph?
I often go visit Isabella Mori’s Change Therapy blog because it’s a great place to learn about ourselves. She says:
Research can be quite futile if we don’t also engage in self-research – soul searching, reflection. a person can be an amazing expert – but if they don’t know themselves, it’s very difficult to make changes. you don’t have to necessarily know absolutely everything about yourself, you don’t need to become a narcissistic navel gazer – but if you don’t know your basic layout, you don’t even know what needs to be changed.
It’s true. Sometimes our basic needs are waiting to be fulfilled.Like food, money, love. Sometimes it’s self-actualization that we are interested in. Coming to terms with yourself has a lot to do with understanding where you are on the need graph.
You’ll really find her article on dismantling an eating disorder from a therapist’s point of view to be quite interesting. Eating disorders spring up from insecure holes in our hearts and the inability to fill some void. It can be changed when we come to terms with who we are and what we need.
eating disorders, anorexia, binge eating, bulimia, therapy
June 2nd, 2007 at 1:53 pm
And I look forward to reading yours! I’m very interested in eating disorders, self esteem, and food issues. It’s so hard to find a good resource about those topics!