I just finished watching The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tonight. Normally that puts me a in good mood. Not tonight. Stewart and fellow comedian Kristen Schaal spent time making fun of the recent explosion of media commentary on the “dad-bod phenomenon.” Celebrity men, many of them considered to be icons of sexuality over the […]
Hey man, you have an eating disorder
Shame! Shame on you! Made you feel bad just reading that, right? When you feel bad, when you’re afraid, you do whatever you can to avoid the feeling again. Men and boys are terrified of being bullied, told they are weak, or told they are different. We will do whatever we can to avoid that […]
Men catching up to women in new eating disorder study
Women disproportionately are affected by eating disorders (ED), especially if they are white, young, and affluent. The Pope is Catholic. One of these is false. Take a guess. As a male recovered from rounds of binge eating, anorexic behavior, exercise bulimia, and more binge eating, that first premise kept me out of treatment for over […]
Commercial Cojones
Disclaimer: The following blog is written by an uncensored therapist. Abused, homeless, sickly dogs set to the tune of Sarah McLaughlin. Starving African kids with flies on their faces. Former smokers with stomas giving you tips on how to cover your new orifice with a scarf and how to block it in the shower to […]