Abby Aronowitz

The whole Hollywood spin machine works together to create images that are impossible for any of us to live up read more

The whole Hollywood spin machine works together to create images that are impossible for any of us to live up to. They purposefully set us up to admire and even covet something we can never have.

The key is how often you are feeling this sense of distress, how bad it gets, and how long it read more

The key is how often you are feeling this sense of distress, how bad it gets, and how long it lasts; that is what can help determine the seriousness of your situation.

If you idolize someone for their accomplishments, and those accomplishments spurn you on to make gains in your own life, read more

If you idolize someone for their accomplishments, and those accomplishments spurn you on to make gains in your own life, then admiring a celebrity can have a positive influence on your ambition, or even your mental health.

Constant preoccupation with food, weight, and body image is a sign that an eating disorder is sapping energy from other read more

Constant preoccupation with food, weight, and body image is a sign that an eating disorder is sapping energy from other areas of life.

Obsessions are repetitive thoughts which resemble worry and are accompanied by anxiety. Compulsions are behavioral acts designed to eliminate the read more

Obsessions are repetitive thoughts which resemble worry and are accompanied by anxiety. Compulsions are behavioral acts designed to eliminate the obsessions. And sometimes if your mind becomes so cluttered with obsessions, and your day so filled with compulsions, life as you know becomes completely taken over by anxiety and counterproductive rituals.