How did I miss this? In case I’m not the only person on the planet who missed this incredible documentary, you’ve got to see “Super Slim Me,” a TV documentary presented by Dawn Porter. It originally aired in the U.K. by BBC Three on 25 February 2007, but has been broken down on numerous You …
“I don’t care if it hurts, I wanna have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul.” Captures anorexia’s heartbreak pretty well, doesn’t it? Too bad it’s on a t-shirt. Same goes for “Ana’s Princess” or my least favorite, “I (heart) my eating disorder. Classy. And here I liked Café Press. Not …
The most common symptom shared by both Bulimia and Anorexia sufferers is having a distorted perception of their body image. They are often highly conscious of their body that they want to achieve a certain standard of perfection to fit into a mould which they perceived to be the best body that they must have. …
The global obsession in being thin has been rapidly increasing over the years especially among teens. Beyond being a fad extreme dieting may be cause of anorexia nervosa, an eating and psychological disorder that has afflicted millions and has already killed thousands. Starving is one of the main symptoms of anorexia. People who suffered from …
Anorexia nervosa is deadly. People who have Anorexia nervosa are most likely to suffer in starvation. The person who has such sickness needs help. There are some things that you will need to watch out in your friends and in your relatives. If you find this in them, you really need to look into the …
Portia de Rossi, an actress known for ‘Ally McBeal’ and is now the wife of talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, has been quite open about her battle with anorexia a decade ago. Her eating disorder started during the show, says Portia, who, at one time, was surviving on less than 300 calories a day. She …
There are a number of mental signs that become present within men when affected by an eating disorder, but there are also a number of physical signs that show as well. You will start to notice a very low body weight where you may even start to see bones show through the skin. For some …
I’ve been reading a story about 1970s tv star Susan Dey’s battle with anorexia. In fact, I am amazed when any woman who has been even moderately successful in Hollywood manages to avoid an eating disorder. For you slightly younger folks, Dey was also in LA Law in the ’90s. At one point, she was …
An 18-year-old girl from London recently died of anorexia. What made it even sadder was the fact that she had just been admitted to Cambridge University and had a promising life ahead of her. The lives of many anorexics are not as troubled as teens who are addicted to drugs, abused by their parents, or …
“When our heart is threatened we respond in one of two ways. We either run or– We attack. There’s a scientific term for this. Fight…or flight. It’s instinct. We can’t control it. Or can we?” (Grey’s Anatomy “Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response” S02E26). I am a person who likes to feel some sense …
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