If you cause physical harm to your body in order to deal with overwhelming feelings, know that you have nothing to be ashamed of. It’s likely that you’re keeping yourself alive and maintaining psychological integrity with the only tool you have right now. Many people who intentionally cut themselves share features that are in common …
Society is being exposed to media messages from a younger and younger age, which emphasize the importance of our physical characteristics, and the quest for ‘perfection’. We and our children (metaphorically speaking), are being told through pictures, words, and implied expectations that our/their worth is based on weight, clothing size, performance, etc., instead of who …
You’d think that a person who wrote about eating disorders daily, and who is a professional health and wellness writer would notice when her own daughter was displaying early signs of an eating disorder. You’d be wrong. It wasn’t until I was doing a random history of my Google searches that I noticed something was …
Eating disorder influences the calorie intake which in turn affects weight gain or loss, or obesity or thinness. Most people with binge eating disorder characterized by excessive eating become obese as the disorder contributes to their consumption of excessive calories which in turn lead to the increase of their body weight. And at the same …
This is quite long, yet I think this is worthy of reading. I think it’s helpful and important for all of us to look at the ‘bigger picture’ as often as possible. Jan April 12, 2010 The Fat Trap By PEGGY ORENSTEIN Food is never just food. Food is love. Food is solace. It is …
Anyone touched by an eating disorder knows what it is like to feel powerless. Whether you are in recovery from an ED or you have a loved one (or lost a loved one) to the ED, you have undoubtedly wanted to do something – anything to change yourself, change the situation, and the change the …
A POPULAR saying goes “Prevention is better than cure” which is why parents should make sure they are one step ahead of everything to ensure good health of their children. One of the most efficient and effective ways to prevent sickness from inflicting their children is through the use of reading materials on eating disorders …
It’s not a new scandal – for years, folks have complained about magazine covers and ads with photographs of women that have been altered, or “retouched,” by airbrushing and photo editing software such as Photoshop. The latest such image to cause an uproar is one featured in a new Ralph Lauren advertisement that shows an …
Psychologically a person can be affected by an eating disorder. In fact, many eating disorders are caused by psychological problems that the person developed. When you look at a person who is suffering from an eating disorder, you have to wonder how stable they are, psychologically. While psychological problems are not the main cause of …
Michael Levine, a therapist for people with eating disorders offers these suggestions Learn about and discuss with your sons and daughters, (a) the dangers of trying to alter one’s body shape through dieting; (b) the value of moderate exercising toward stamina and cardiovascular fitness; and (c) the importance of eating a variety of foods in …
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