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Cheryl Burkeis opening up about her thoughts on becoming a parent.
“I always thought I was going to adopt,” she shared. “When I was a little girl, I was like, ‘Maybe I’ll just adopt.’ But I didn’t have body dysmorphia [at that time]. I didn’t know what it was that I had, but it wasn’t because the gaining of the weight. And I have a lot of friends that are adopted.”
Burke, who recently revealed herstruggles with body imageas a professional dancer, also shared her thoughts about pregnancy and body dysmorphia, explaining how she feels about her body potentially going through the changes that come with being pregnant.
“Where I’m at right now is I’m not overthinking it right this second, because if I do another season ofDancing with the Stars, I just need to do it,” she said. “When the time comes, whether this will be my last season or not, I don’t know.”
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“Or if I don’t do [another season] I can then consume my brain with those thoughts. I would prefer not to have to put myself in a dance costume and just let myself gain weight,” she continued. “I do believe I will start to love my body more when I don’t have to shove my ass into a dance costume. So, right now [the thought of becoming pregnant] is on hold.”
Last month, Burke shared that she suffers from body dysmorphia in an interview onSean HayesandDr. Priyanka Wali’s podcastHypochondriactor.
“Now thatI’m sober, I have body dysmorphia because I’m a dancer,” Burke admitted on the show. “I mean, tell me one dancer that doesn’t.”
“So when I look at myself in the mirror and someone says, ‘Oh, you look amazing,’ I see someone who is overweight and, in my eyes and in my way of judging myself, not amazing,” she explained. “It’s like no matter what I look like.”
Body dysmorphia is described as a mental health disorder in which a personcan’t stop thinking about a perceived defect or flawin their appearance, according to the Mayo Clinic. The disorder can cause anxiety and distress, making it difficult to function in social situations and daily life.
source: people.com
