Most of us have been criticised about some aspect of our looks at some time. Perhaps you experienced an unkind word, a stoney silence, or blatant stares at your body, your clothes or some aspect of your appearance. Some have been humiliated by verbal abuse about their looks, while others were physically intruded upon by classmates or grown-ups. Whatever your degree of suffering, your body image remembers. The effect of name calling, teasing and criticism during childhood and adolecence can remain long into adulthood. These deeply uncomfortable moments continue to affect you in ways that you are not aware of. We call these psychic injuries “Image Wounds” (Levene & Mayfield, 10 Steps to Fashion Freedom, 2001. pp. 67).
We need to know what these wounds are for us and how they are affecting us. By looking at them and rethinking and contextualising and healing the pain, we can begin to operate in the world free from old image wounds.
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