Eating Disorders Looking Mainly At Their Causes - 1387 Words

For this paper, I chose to focus on eating disorders looking mainly at their causes. Based on personal experience, I feel that these disorders are stereotyped very heavily in our society, and that public awareness of their causes lacking. Growing up I was always very thin, due to a high metabolism and a small bone structure; traits which ran in my family. Many times, people would make fun of me and even call me anorexic. However, I was not anorexic or bulimic, I was just a thin child, and am still a thin young woman. These trials taught me a very valuable lesson about labeling people, and how much that can hurt them. This is one of the reasons I chose to write about this topic. I also chose to focus on the causes of these disorders because†¦show more content†¦(2014, p.276). Comer states that, â€Å"According to cognitive theorists these deficiencies contribute to a broad cognitive distortion that lies at the center of disordered eating, namely, people with anorexia nervos a and bulimia nervosa judge themselves – often exclusively – based on their shape and weight and their ability to control them (Murphy et. al., 2010)† (2014, p.276). Upon further research, I found a study that is consistent with this claim. This study, â€Å"examined and compared perceptions of illness in individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN) and lay men and women† (Holliday et. al., 2004, p.50). The results of this study showed that participants found their conditions highly distressing, but something that they had little control over (Holliday et. al., 2004 p.50). This is where I feel a misconception may be made by the general public. In my case I feel that many people thought that I was choosing to be overly thin, and that I was choosing to be â€Å"anorexic† even though I was not choosing to do either. I am not sure if this a common feeling among people in society, but I feel that if we view people with eating disorders as choosing to live this way then we are not really taking the time to understand their conditions; we are basically saying that is their fault they see themselves the way they do. This negative perception that I believe is held by some is unfair, and does not help people combat these disorders. A second areaShow MoreRelatedBad Messages of Magazine Advertisements873 Words   |  4 PagesEveryone has seen advertisements in magazines where the alluring blond is showing off a bikini and a muscular man is looking directly at her. These ads are deceiving due to the influences they put in teenager’s minds. Young girls and boys are affected everyday by these advertisements. 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