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"You cannot choose to be anorexic"
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ReplyDeleteTrue. I think you can choose to starve yourself, but I think of anorexia as the emotional and mental disorder that causes the physical symptoms and actions, and I don't think you can choose to have the disorder.
ReplyDeleteTrue. As Jenny said, anyone can starve themselves. Anorexia is a psychological illness though. Some people are more predisposed to it then others. Some people may be able to repress the "need" (for lack of a better term) to be anorexic, just as some people with a predisposition for depression can keep going via willpower, positive imaging, etc. and never take meds, be in therapy and suchlike.
ReplyDeleteI think though, that people can (and do) talk themselves into a mental illness. It goes back the the old self-fulfilling prophecy. If you convince yourself that you are delusional, you can be.
Anorexia isn't something that someone is born with (though through genetic history, family situation, etc, the scene can be set to tip the scale in favor of its development) therefore it's not inevitable, but it's also not something that you suddenly catch.
That's the thing about disorders, there's an intricate balance. Kind of like nature/nurture. I don't think that there's any choice involved to have anorexia, but it's not predestined that an individual will have it either. Did I make sense of all that? I don't even think I'll read back through it, I'm to tired.
True, because I believe it comes from a gradual transition in the mind. It's not a choice, nor a switch that's suddenly flipped in the brain, nor is it something that's carried over genetically. Someone typically tries to lose weight by eating less, and develops the mental disorder because they realize consciously and subconsciously that starving themselves gives results.
ReplyDeleteTrue, to an extent. The media's bombarding images of perfection eventually desensitize people into thinking that skinny is all there is. If you look at it that way, then no.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the above, that you can choose to starve yourself, but eventually something else takes over.
I think you can choose to be bulimic, at least to begin with. Overtime it controls you, like any addiction.