Questions tagged [eating-disorders]
For questions focusing on the eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder (BED).
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Can someone be completely healed from a long-held addiction or compulsive disorder in a matter of seconds by a sudden emotional cathartic experience?
Can someone be completely healed from a long-held addiction or compulsive disorder in a matter of seconds by a sudden emotional cathartic experience?
My question is motivated by two conversion ...
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Is it possible for someone to have anorexia without body image issues?
I've been reading about anorexia and as I understand it, it's an eating disorder where someone severely restricts their intake of food because of an intense fear of gaining weight, a distorted ...
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Seeing others with anorexia nervosa vs. “thinspiration”
I am just curious about this one:
As far as I know, anorexia nervosa does not affect seeing others, so they don't see others as fat. They are reportedly seeing others in a realistic way. While I don'...
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Correlation between anorexia and mass media stereotypes
I know anorexia is a complex phenomenon.
I've been reading on Wikipedia that:
Sociocultural studies have highlighted the role of cultural factors,
such as the promotion of thinness as the ideal ...
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Eating disorders and childhood sexual abuse
It is my understanding that extreme eating disorders such as bulimia are very intertwined with childhood sexual abuse. Just how strong is that link?
I have a relative who is killing herself with ...
