Q. This is a question for my research but it is mainly a question for anorexics or bulimics as I have both tendencies; but I'd be interested in getting other disorder perspectives as well.
QUESTIONS:
If you have an eating disorder, how often do you think of food and WHAT about food do you think of?
Do you feel like there is no way for you to stop the disorder even though you think/know it is wrong, do you see nothing wrong with it and plan on just going with it as long as possible, or ...(fill in)...?
Are you pro-ana/mia/ed? Would you stop others from doing the same or do you support the idea? Do you see it as a choice of lifestyle or a disease?
How often do you binge, purge, go without eating, etc and how often do you hide things related to food from others (explaining would be good)?
Any info anyone might have would be really helpful to me. Thanks so much.
QUESTIONS:
If you have an eating disorder, how often do you think of food and WHAT about food do you think of?
Do you feel like there is no way for you to stop the disorder even though you think/know it is wrong, do you see nothing wrong with it and plan on just going with it as long as possible, or ...(fill in)...?
Are you pro-ana/mia/ed? Would you stop others from doing the same or do you support the idea? Do you see it as a choice of lifestyle or a disease?
How often do you binge, purge, go without eating, etc and how often do you hide things related to food from others (explaining would be good)?
Any info anyone might have would be really helpful to me. Thanks so much.
A. i had been struggling with an eating disorder for a month and a half. i am slowly recovering but it is verry hard. i can try to help you with these questions as much as possible--...
if you have an eating disorder.. i tended to think about food all the time. and how it was a bad thing and that it shouldn't even exist.. i would refuse to even eat 500 calories a day.. i was living on 300 or so.
I felt that there was nothing wrong with what i was doing with my body and i thought i would do it all i wanted until i lost tons of weight. and it hurt me in the long run because now i have no muscle mass because the annorexia has eaten the muscle off my body..it is extreemly wrong. and no one should have to go through with it. I felt there was no way for me to stop..
i see eating disorders as a disease not a lifestyle. i made it my lifestyle and it was a mistake. i wish i could turn back time and fix it. i am anti-eating disorder...
when i had the annorexic problem.. i would go without eating for days at a time. when i was at my worst. or sometimes id have a few diet cokes a day and sugar free gum to make me feel full.. i would hide things from my mom constantly saying that i had eaten lunch and i didn't. she would have to watch me eat dinner and make sure i didn't go and throw it up in the batheroom. i never threw up food after i ate. i took laxatives and suppositories to make my self poop out what ever i ate because i felt i couldnt go to bed with it in my stomache.
i hope this helps.
if you have an eating disorder.. i tended to think about food all the time. and how it was a bad thing and that it shouldn't even exist.. i would refuse to even eat 500 calories a day.. i was living on 300 or so.
I felt that there was nothing wrong with what i was doing with my body and i thought i would do it all i wanted until i lost tons of weight. and it hurt me in the long run because now i have no muscle mass because the annorexia has eaten the muscle off my body..it is extreemly wrong. and no one should have to go through with it. I felt there was no way for me to stop..
i see eating disorders as a disease not a lifestyle. i made it my lifestyle and it was a mistake. i wish i could turn back time and fix it. i am anti-eating disorder...
when i had the annorexic problem.. i would go without eating for days at a time. when i was at my worst. or sometimes id have a few diet cokes a day and sugar free gum to make me feel full.. i would hide things from my mom constantly saying that i had eaten lunch and i didn't. she would have to watch me eat dinner and make sure i didn't go and throw it up in the batheroom. i never threw up food after i ate. i took laxatives and suppositories to make my self poop out what ever i ate because i felt i couldnt go to bed with it in my stomache.
i hope this helps.
which of these psychology essay titles would be the easiest to answer?
Q. As part of my psychology course we have to write an essay on either:
1. the dsm-iv of eating disorders and how it will evolve.
Or..
2. Is obesity a public health issue and how can psychologists help these problems?
I prefer the topic of eating disorders as it interests me more than obesity, but I find a question about the Dsm to be quite difficult and am not sure which I would be able to find more research on?
any advice?
1. the dsm-iv of eating disorders and how it will evolve.
Or..
2. Is obesity a public health issue and how can psychologists help these problems?
I prefer the topic of eating disorders as it interests me more than obesity, but I find a question about the Dsm to be quite difficult and am not sure which I would be able to find more research on?
any advice?
A. Hi Kiera
I would personally opt for 1. DSM-IV definition of anorexia nervosa:
â¢Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height: Weight loss leading to maintenance of body weight <85% of that expected or failure to make expected weight gain during period of growth, leading to body weight less than 85% of that expected.
â¢Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though under weight.
â¢Disturbance in the way one's body weight or shape are experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight.
â¢Amenorrhea (at least three consecutive cycles) in postmenarchal girls and women. Amenorrhea is defined as periods occurring only following hormone (e.g., estrogen) administration.
DSM-IV definition for Bulimia nervosa:
â¢Recurrent episodes of binge eating characterized by both:
1.Eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat during a similar period of time and under similar circumstances
2.A sense of lack of control over eating during the episode, defined by a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating
â¢Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain
1.Self-induced vomiting
2.Misuse of laxatives, diuretics, enemas, or other medications
3.Fasting
4.Excessive exercise
â¢The binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behavior both occur, on average, at least twice a week for 3 months.
â¢Self evaluation is unduly influenced by body shape and weight.
â¢The disturbance does not occur exclusively during episodes of anorexia nervosa
Both are in the field of biological/social psychology and i've just completed an essay on the same topic and got a really good mark for it as you have loads to talk about on the subject. You can talk about the biological side of ED's (ie- predisposition, depression and serotonin, anxiety, nurture ect) and on the social side you could talk about (and this is how you can talk about the 'evolve' part of the question) is not just the influence of magazines, fashion, the increase of 'gym and fitness culture' (including weight watcher type programmes) but more importantly and increasingly the influence of the internet: in particular 'pro-ana' and 'pro-mia' websites which is a huge growth area in research and you should find tons of research on this.
Also add some theories and apply them to eating disorders: i.e social learning theory, classical conditioning, social representation theory ect.
I hope you do really well with this hun, I found it such an interesting topic that it didn't seem like hard work at all to me, and i even struggled to keep within the word limit- so if it appeals to you i reckon thats half the battle. If you need anymore help- i'd be happy to help
GOOD LUCK X
I would personally opt for 1. DSM-IV definition of anorexia nervosa:
â¢Refusal to maintain body weight at or above a minimally normal weight for age and height: Weight loss leading to maintenance of body weight <85% of that expected or failure to make expected weight gain during period of growth, leading to body weight less than 85% of that expected.
â¢Intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, even though under weight.
â¢Disturbance in the way one's body weight or shape are experienced, undue influence of body weight or shape on self evaluation, or denial of the seriousness of the current low body weight.
â¢Amenorrhea (at least three consecutive cycles) in postmenarchal girls and women. Amenorrhea is defined as periods occurring only following hormone (e.g., estrogen) administration.
DSM-IV definition for Bulimia nervosa:
â¢Recurrent episodes of binge eating characterized by both:
1.Eating, in a discrete period of time (e.g., within any 2-hour period), an amount of food that is definitely larger than most people would eat during a similar period of time and under similar circumstances
2.A sense of lack of control over eating during the episode, defined by a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eating
â¢Recurrent inappropriate compensatory behavior to prevent weight gain
1.Self-induced vomiting
2.Misuse of laxatives, diuretics, enemas, or other medications
3.Fasting
4.Excessive exercise
â¢The binge eating and inappropriate compensatory behavior both occur, on average, at least twice a week for 3 months.
â¢Self evaluation is unduly influenced by body shape and weight.
â¢The disturbance does not occur exclusively during episodes of anorexia nervosa
Both are in the field of biological/social psychology and i've just completed an essay on the same topic and got a really good mark for it as you have loads to talk about on the subject. You can talk about the biological side of ED's (ie- predisposition, depression and serotonin, anxiety, nurture ect) and on the social side you could talk about (and this is how you can talk about the 'evolve' part of the question) is not just the influence of magazines, fashion, the increase of 'gym and fitness culture' (including weight watcher type programmes) but more importantly and increasingly the influence of the internet: in particular 'pro-ana' and 'pro-mia' websites which is a huge growth area in research and you should find tons of research on this.
Also add some theories and apply them to eating disorders: i.e social learning theory, classical conditioning, social representation theory ect.
I hope you do really well with this hun, I found it such an interesting topic that it didn't seem like hard work at all to me, and i even struggled to keep within the word limit- so if it appeals to you i reckon thats half the battle. If you need anymore help- i'd be happy to help
GOOD LUCK X
Hi my names lynn I am on pro ana diet finding it difficult some times I have an disabled son ?
Q. It's just of all days to go in and have some of his wee rice cakes and some crusts and cream crackers I am gutted I hate my self any tips on to stop eating I do get anxious but why today to do that I want to be thin again and need an freind to keep me on track I don't wonna eat not binge
A. Pro ana. So you are on a Promoting anorexia diet? This is not a diet. it is "wannabe" anorexic, which is not anorexia at all. anorexia is a serious eating disorder. being on a "pro ana" diet is not the condition but a sort of starvation diet. You are confused and sick. If you have a disabled son and you are wannabe anorexic you are being selfish. Your son needs you and all you do is strive to be anorexic. I am so sick of this pro ana crap. I have been struggling with eds for over half my life. because if it my bones ae like an 80 years old, my vision has gone, I have heart conditions, I cant have kids, i spend $20,000 plus on dental work, I lost part of my colon etc. I am now getting better because I have been selfish. Get that? The only pro ana buddies you will find ar 13 year ods, or some seriously ill people. Why?
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