{"id":3468,"date":"2018-09-11T09:48:41","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T13:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=3468"},"modified":"2018-09-11T16:29:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T20:29:05","slug":"my-girlfriend-keeps-complaining-how-awful-her-life-is-and-how-terrible-her-body-shapes-are-what-can-i-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/09\/11\/my-girlfriend-keeps-complaining-how-awful-her-life-is-and-how-terrible-her-body-shapes-are-what-can-i-do\/","title":{"rendered":"My girlfriend keeps complaining how awful her life is and how terrible her body shapes are. What can I do?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3461\" style=\"width: 291px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aw091118-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3461\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aw091118-1-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"My girlfriend keeps complaining how awful her life is and how terrible her body shapes are. What can I do?\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aw091118-1-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/aw091118-1.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My girlfriend keeps complaining how awful her life is and how terrible her body shapes are. What can I do?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sounds like she might be going through some self-doubt. Some of the ways you can support her through this are by reinforcing a positive body image and asking her about the things she loves in life. If she seems unresponsive, you can always contact BC&#8217;s counseling services for help (or encourage her to contact them): 617-552-3310. It&#8217;s free. Good luck, friend! The Wall is here for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sounds like she might be going through some self-doubt. Some of the ways you can support her through this are by reinforcing a positive body image and asking her about the things she loves in life. If she seems unresponsive, you can always contact BC&#8217;s counseling services for help (or encourage her to contact them): &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/09\/11\/my-girlfriend-keeps-complaining-how-awful-her-life-is-and-how-terrible-her-body-shapes-are-what-can-i-do\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;My girlfriend keeps complaining how awful her life is and how terrible her body shapes are. What can I do?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3468"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3488,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3468\/revisions\/3488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}