It’s funny, when I think of boundaries I visually imagine Newport Beach, CA on the 4th of July. The police install barricades as long as an entire street block that force people to walk around. Most of the time the barricades are seen as a nusance for beach goers and partiers who have to …
Eating disorders are treated as a mental health issue, but it’s seldom recognized that they very rarely occur independently of other mental challenges. Recognizing this is an important factor not only in diagnosis, but also in treatment. It goes without saying that recovering from an eating disorder like anorexia or bulimia is a complex process …
It’s rare that an eating disorder isn’t associated with other diseases. For example, eating disorders can occur simultaneously, with individuals suffering from anorexia nervosa and binge eating disorder at the same time, or eating disorders can happen in conjunction with other mental illness, such as depression or addiction. When this happens, it’s called comorbidity, and …
Before you get dressed in the morning, whether it be to go into the office, the classroom, or to simply chase your kids around the house, I want you to go do me a favor. Go stand in front of your bathroom mirror completely in the buff for at least 2 minutes. Ok..stop don’t get scared, I am sure a bunch …
Men like many things…Buffalo wings, extreme sports, Jackass movies, the smell of sweat during a good workout, The Godfather 1 and 2…not 3, tools of any type, meat, puppy commercials (even though they don’t admit to it), sleeping in, and curves…I am not talking about curves on a test, or curves around a racetrack, or …
Eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia are the most commonly discussed eating disorders, but there’s a new unhealthy habit that’s becoming more prevalent among teenagers and college students. “Drunkorexia,” a new term that’s being used by the media to describe the combination of disordered eating with heavy alcohol consumption isn’t just the collision of two …
Art by SuDoCo via www.etsy.com The first stage of treatment at the Victorian house is a closely monitored house of support and treatment. The home houses seven women in recovery at a time. When I was working there as Support Staff the demographic we usually had was four girls in their 20’s and two women …
Experts have long known that eating disorders generally develop when there is a combination of persistent and continuous behavioral, emotional, biological, environmental, psychological, societal and interpersonal factors. However, no matter how many studies or sample groups are analyzed, the specific cause of any eating disorder is unique to the individual sufferer. Nonetheless, experts agree that …
The combination of binge drinking and eating disorders is nothing new. In recent years, health professionals have studied the phenomenon of individuals who restrict their caloric intake prior to consuming excessive quantities of alcohol. Not surprisingly, college students represent a significant percentage of individuals engaging in this behavior. The reasons for limiting calories in preparation …
If you think eating disorders are just about anorexia and bulimia, there’s another one to add to the list: neophobia. What might be viewed as just picky eating by some, neophobia or selective eating disorder is characterized by an individual being overly selective when it comes to what they eat. Texture and smell may be …
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