desolatia Oregon
06/01/18 9:45 pm
I feel like eating disorders are more a symptom of a mental disorder, rather than standalone disorders. Depression, maybe. Anxiety for certain. (FYI- had anorexia as a teen, so I'm quite familiar)
ladyniner81 I hate people
05/30/18 12:19 pm
It's a mental illness. When the fashion industry, media, Hollywood and women's magazines use anorexic models and put out clothing that's either cut too small or are different sizes but call it the same size (you call this a large?) And magazines telling women they need to be skinny for hubby 🤮
moldypipes99 NOBLE WHITE MALE
05/29/18 11:33 am
In reading these comments , it just goes to show why our country is going to he11. It is always someone else’s fault or some issue or some disease. NO. It is your own fault. U made a decision. Take some damn personal responsibility for your CHOICES in life.
Not everything is a disease or mental health issue. Jeez.
1PatrioticBitch
05/29/18 10:40 am
It is a mental illness, society plays a huge roll in how we view ourselves. People look up to those false idols in hollyweird if they were all of normal weight we wouldn't fee so pressured to be stick thin.
mfjd1948 rural johnson co iowa
05/29/18 9:59 am
Yes. Anorexia, bulimias, and binge-eating have a mental component and need the help of the mental health professionals to be addressed. Individuals cannot overcome these conditions on their own.
jakefromarizona nunya
05/29/18 7:38 am
If people have something like food allergies, it's not a mental disorder. There are things like anaorexia but more people have food allergies, as they are the most common eating disorder.
BadGalSavv Euphoria
05/29/18 7:09 am
I’ve personally gone through recovery for anorexia (I am healthy now) but with my experience everything that was stopping me from eating was all in my head , I was at the point I convinced myself food was foreign and I shouldn’t eat it . I had to change my whole thought process (which was hard AF) worse thing I’ve ever been through but like I said at the end of the day it was all in my head.
Spiritof76 USA 1776
05/29/18 3:05 am
No. Just resist the temptation to buy shitty artificial "food" at the store, and just drive past (better yet, walk past) the McDonalds. Problem solved.
gonk In a psychology textbook
05/28/18 10:17 pm
Eating disorders are about so much more than lack of self control. To attribute them to lack of self control is quite a gross misrepresentation. Quite often there’s past sexual abuse and other trauma that are major contributing factors. Eating disorders are complex mental health issues.
Praetorianus Fair enough.
05/28/18 8:33 pm
Not all. I'd say binge eating disorder isn't, yes it's a self control issue but not every self control issue is a mental illness.
Anorexia is a mental illness, your self *image* is out of whack, everyone else sees you're starving yourself while you think you're too fat.
If your reality check bounces, that's mental illness.
RussianThunder Russia and USA
05/28/18 8:09 pm
During candy weeks, I eat until I barf. That’s a self control issue. I don’t hide candy in secret, eat then head to the “vomitorium” then return for more. I don’t starve myself to death for some idea of unattainable physical perfection. I don’t eat and eat and eat without thinking “I should probably stop”, on a constant basis and blowing up to 800 pounds. I have no self control a few weeks out of the year. The others are eating disorders. They affect your overall health, happiness and even life expectancy.
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