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25 Responses to “Eating Disorders: Fashion Trend or Disease?”
I have struggled with anorexia nervosa for 30 yrs. I never ‘chose’ to develop the illness. I started to restrict food and to over-exercise in response to trauma and anxiety. I found that I couldn’t stop because my mind was dominated by thoughts that instructed me to starve and exercise in a ritualistic way. I had OCD before anorexia. The suggestion that anorexia nervosa is actually caused by the media and celebrity culture is complete nonsense.
Eating disorders are mental illnesses not fashion trends. Anorexia nervosa (AN) has been documented back 100s of years. Recent research has linked AN to inherited neuro-developmental conditions such as autism. The brains of individuals with AN process information in a particular way – focusing on detail and systemising. The individual often sees their body as ‘wrong’. They also set themselves rules around food/eating which they feel compelled to stick to. AN is not vanity but a brain illness.
very good info, talks about something different than the other ED videos I’ve seen on here. But, I could have done w/o that annoying music, though I know that’s not really the important part. Stay strong everyone!
I know exactly what you mean. You pretty much described exactly what I feel. I know this wasn’t your intention, but you kind of made me feel a little better just because I’m not the only one out there like this. Thanks (:
She means willpower, the power of your mind over the urge and need to eat. They don’t care about the consequential physical weakness, which they may never fully recover from. The body actually starts to use muscle tissue for energy when it runs out of fat, so, yes, those with eating disorders are physically weak. Many have brittle bones, and lose teeth and hair due to inadequate calcium and fat intake. They don’t really care about whether they can take on a man. They’re mentally ill.
its weird though, i get what she was saying,i was once anorexic and i wouldnt eat I couldnt eat i might have a bite of something but thats it. Then after a full year of theraphy and stuff they told me i had to be hospitilized and be tube fed, and then that was kind of my turning point and it wasnt as physical so I could control myself physiquelly but not mentally. i stillthink im fat. I had the mind of an anorexic but can control my body. its just really hard to deal with.
“disordered eating” i’ve heard it all ! LOLLLL We’ve made ourselves dizzy with
ALL food related subjects ! If we had lives like the pioneers we’d be busy “working” and not playing mind games. Never has something been so ” coddled” so enabled and supported
by it’s own participants. Please don’t get mad at me for writing this as it’s ” not my fault” due to previous trauma(s)
May 1st, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Brenda Scherer
I have struggled with anorexia nervosa for 30 yrs. I never ‘chose’ to develop the illness. I started to restrict food and to over-exercise in response to trauma and anxiety. I found that I couldn’t stop because my mind was dominated by thoughts that instructed me to starve and exercise in a ritualistic way. I had OCD before anorexia. The suggestion that anorexia nervosa is actually caused by the media and celebrity culture is complete nonsense.
May 2nd, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Debbie Wine
Eating disorders are mental illnesses not fashion trends. Anorexia nervosa (AN) has been documented back 100s of years. Recent research has linked AN to inherited neuro-developmental conditions such as autism. The brains of individuals with AN process information in a particular way – focusing on detail and systemising. The individual often sees their body as ‘wrong’. They also set themselves rules around food/eating which they feel compelled to stick to. AN is not vanity but a brain illness.
May 5th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Edwina Pappan
Disease.
May 6th, 2009 at 3:30 am
Bryan Pfister
who the fck wants to look like a dam old witch by starving them selves
May 7th, 2009 at 12:39 am
Howard Stocker
very good info, talks about something different than the other ED videos I’ve seen on here. But, I could have done w/o that annoying music, though I know that’s not really the important part. Stay strong everyone!
May 10th, 2009 at 1:48 am
Allan Wilmore
the thing about eating disorders is you either recover or die so its just a waste of time and health
May 13th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Kurt Kemmerer
im glad I helped someone then
May 16th, 2009 at 4:20 am
Katherine Monte
I know exactly what you mean. You pretty much described exactly what I feel. I know this wasn’t your intention, but you kind of made me feel a little better just because I’m not the only one out there like this. Thanks (:
May 19th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Tyrone Seaberry
me tooo!
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:13 am
Louise Burger
I love dem skinny bitches and more food for me anyway!!
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:45 am
Donald Bane
She means willpower, the power of your mind over the urge and need to eat. They don’t care about the consequential physical weakness, which they may never fully recover from. The body actually starts to use muscle tissue for energy when it runs out of fat, so, yes, those with eating disorders are physically weak. Many have brittle bones, and lose teeth and hair due to inadequate calcium and fat intake. They don’t really care about whether they can take on a man. They’re mentally ill.
May 23rd, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Jacob Buster
Amen.
May 26th, 2009 at 1:20 am
Luis Noriega
its weird though, i get what she was saying,i was once anorexic and i wouldnt eat I couldnt eat i might have a bite of something but thats it. Then after a full year of theraphy and stuff they told me i had to be hospitilized and be tube fed, and then that was kind of my turning point and it wasnt as physical so I could control myself physiquelly but not mentally. i stillthink im fat. I had the mind of an anorexic but can control my body. its just really hard to deal with.
May 28th, 2009 at 3:42 am
Eunice Hellman
its a disease and i still cant find a cure! damin!
May 29th, 2009 at 5:56 am
Lawrence Griffis
when is the awareness week?
May 30th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Bryan Haydon
The background music is a little bit too loud so it makes it hard to listen to Alexis. She has such a soft and calming way of speaking
May 31st, 2009 at 12:38 pm
Bessie Mabe
Thinness as a sign of power? ***? A regular guy can snap you in two, and that’s power?
May 31st, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Wanda Shuler
That tune is scaring the **** outta me.
June 1st, 2009 at 10:52 am
Lillian Millsaps
Good point
June 1st, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Brandon Flower
whats that little tune in the background?
June 3rd, 2009 at 11:32 am
Denise Mckissick
Aint nothing pretty about a pin thin woman. D:
June 5th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Adrienne Haddad
SAME. OMG.
June 8th, 2009 at 3:47 am
Vincent Cairns
The lady with the brown shirt is talking kind of soft or low.
June 11th, 2009 at 9:25 am
Kayla Gwin
The women in the brown sweater is hardly audible….is it just my computer?
June 12th, 2009 at 1:10 am
Norman Nestor
“disordered eating” i’ve heard it all ! LOLLLL We’ve made ourselves dizzy with
ALL food related subjects ! If we had lives like the pioneers we’d be busy “working” and not playing mind games. Never has something been so ” coddled” so enabled and supported
by it’s own participants. Please don’t get mad at me for writing this as it’s ” not my fault” due to previous trauma(s)