'So many women said to me, 'My whole attitude about myself changed,' ' Fonda said. It brought Fonda joy, too, to find her workout helped others as well. Fonda's workout, was based on a class led by fitness instructor Leni Cazden that helped Fonda cope as she recovered from bulimia. She developed 'Jane Fonda's Workout' in 1982, a videocassette that sold 17 million copies, per People. Some public figures, including 'All The Boys I've Kissed Before' actress Lana Condor, have opened up about experiencing the disorder after realizing they went through it.įitness helped Fonda feel more in control, she revealed.

'BDD may be challenging to recognize in oneself, because insight into the inaccuracy of one’s misperception of their body is often poor,' she said. Deibler, a licensed psychologist and executive director of The Center for Emotional Health of Greater Philadelphia, told USA TODAY in 2021 that many people with BDD are convinced of their negative self-perceptions, despite feedback to the contrary. 'I am feeling so blessed': Jane Fonda reveals cancer is in remission after chemotherapy 'It was the worst': Jane Fonda gets candid on taking hallucinogens with Lily Tomlin According to the Anxiety & Depression Association of America, it impacts about 1 in 50 people, equally affects men and women and often develops during adolescence.Įven if the 'flaws' are minimal or nonexistent, people with body dysmorphia truly believe there is something wrong with the way they look.

'I was pretty lost as a young person.'īody dysmorphia disorder (BDD) involves being preoccupied by thoughts of imagined defects with one's own appearance. I had a lot of body dysmorphia,' she told People in an interview. The 85-year-old actress, who became a fitness icon in the 1980s, said that she struggled with body image. Jane Fonda is opening up about her experience with body dysmorphia during her younger years.

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