The first story is about how Pigott's perception of beauty changed during her visit to Gambia. ... It implies that the majority take the decision to shape the personal perception of the different minority. In my example, Gambian women take the responsibility not only to reshape the ideal beauty perception of Catherine but also to reshape her real appearance. Pigott said: "My perception of beauty altered as my body did." to emphasize the link between body modeling and the perceived image of the perfect body. Then she stresses on the influence of the dominant culture in which an individu...

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This creates a continuous, perpetual sense of high anxiety. By restricting food intake, a sense of control and calming takes over, as (in starvation) the level of serotonin produced drops. ... Distorted perceptions and thinking are another factor in the creation of an ED. ... As far as the distorted self-perception goes, I"m sure you've heard the story, and yes its true. ...

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One of these complications is the tendency of bulimic patients to commit suicide because of aggravating sense of despair and loss of hope. ... This behavior is one that identifies an individual suffering from bulimia nervosa along with a self-perception determined mainly by physical appearance, specifically, body weight and size. ... Already suffering from poor self-perception, the bulimic person becomes more disapproving and hateful of his or her physical appearance with the recognition that his or her physical ills are rendering his or her body less attractive. ... Apart from loss of hope, ...

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The sick person is excessively concentrating on his or her own look due to a distorted self-perception.... This distorted self-perception is established by the social norms that have spread like wildfire over the past several decades. ... "Linking anorexia with glamorous stars means it has become 'chic', which, in a sense, validates the practice of self-starvation....

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These, however, are still small in number and have yet to carry the impact necessary to change the perception of the ideal image. ... If they are in a family where emotional, physical or sexual abuse is taking place, or they are a weight conscious family, the teen may develop an eating disorder to gain a sense of control. ... Eating disorders can be very much about control, so if they feel like everything around them is out of control, they may develop one to gain a sense of control. ...

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Regardless of gender, an anorexic will have a completely distorted perception of how they look pertaining to weight and size ("Anorexia Nervosa" 2). What causes the fear of weight gain and a distorted perception has been discovered and explained through behavioral theories. ... However, as sad as it is, this may be the only sense of pride and achievement these patients feel. ...

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According to Dohnt and Tiggemann (2006), girls' perceptions of their peers' body dissatisfaction predicted their own level of body dissatisfaction. ... These studies all concluded that the media played a secondary role in influencing adolescents' perceptions. ...

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Proportion and symmetry in an object seem to be nearly always essential to our visual perception of that object as being beautiful. ... Unfortunately the common sense of perfect bodies led to a lot of mental disorders, starting with Anorexia Nervosa. ...

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Body image involves our perception, imagination, emotions, and physical sensations of and about our bodies. ... We loose our sense of self, individuality and fall victim to narrow definitions of beauty defined by the media. ...

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Society creates a glamorized perception of ideal body types that symbolically relate to success and power through mass media. ... Keel and Klump (2003) mention the diagnostic criteria for bulimia nervosa according to the DSM-IV-TR as 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 (p.755). 2. a sense of lack of control over eating during the episode (e.g., a feeling that one cannot stop eating or control what or how much one is eatin...

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This perception society has created, plays a major part in our countries obsession with thinness and extreme dieting (Nardo 1991). ... In that sense, many suffering from eating disorders feel like if they achieve their goal weight they too will find the happiness associated with what our society values as slenderness and beauty (Pipher 1995). ...

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People with Anorexia refuse to be satisfied with even minimally normal body weight, and are intensly afraid of gaining weight and have distorted perceptions of the shape and size of their bodies." ... These factors may make a person struggling with self-image and weight problems feel a sense of hopelessness, since there is nothing they can do about their body. ...

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