Obésité et conscience de soi intéroceptive : étude qualitative préliminaire chez des adolescentes hospitalisées présentant une obésité

[To experience one's physicality through the "bizarre" experience of touching oneself]

The touch of oneself is essential in the construction of a conscious self. It contributes to the feeling of ownership of the body. Feeling touched and touching reveals the subject in a being-self inscribed in its environment. This sensory experience can be disturbing for the subject. A study conducted with adolescent girls with obesity has shown that this haptic experience, during a postural session, can generate a feeling of strangeness. This singular discovery of oneself reveals the opening towards new exploratory fields of the body self-consciousness, during our care.