The solar system consists of nine planets. Of those nine we inhabit one, the Earth. With a population of over six billion and a total of seven continents there is bound to be a variety of people. Some are light-skinned. Some are dark-skinned. Some are short, and some are tall; the list goes on forever. However, what if one of these differences begins to take precedent over another? As human beings, we have a way of making certain ways of life "more desirable" than others, and we begin to try and achieve these ways of life by altering our own lifestyle. This is especially true when it comes to being thin. All over the world, but especially in America, males and females alike strive each day to achieve this thinness that has taken on such an appeal. Some reach this the healthy way and decide to diet and exercise regularly, and there are some who decided to travel down another road. They begin to change their eating habits, but they do so in a harmful way. This group of people eventually acquires eating disorders that will stay with them the rest of their lives if they are not dealt with. Still, what if there were other reasons why these people develop these unhealthy ways of life? The truth is that eating disorders are complex diseases, and they stem from much more than just a desire to be thin.
Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders Inc., (ANRED) lists eleven factors that play a part in why eating disorders develop: to comfort themselves, to numb emotional pain, to avoid intimacy, to ask for attention, to escape from a demanding world, to express anger, to rebel against authority, to punish themselves, to release tension, to fill empty time, and to give themselves a sense of doing something important (Yancey 26). Not a single one of these factors mentions a desire to be thin. In fact, each one of these factors deals with a psychological dysfunction that a person with an eating disorder may have.
The term "bipolar"" came from putting together the Latin roots bi, meaning two and polus, which pertains to a geographical pole, like the North and South Pole. ... Bipolar disorder belongs in the category of mood disorders. ... There are four groups that mood disorders fall into. Bipolar disorder is one of these groups. ... Eating more than a normal growing child would eat. ...
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) One of the primary disorders of the personality is borderline personality disorder or BPD. ... The symptoms of borderline patients are similar to those for which most people seek psychiatric help: depression, mood swings, the use and abuse of drugs and alcohol as a means of trying to feel better; obsessions, phobias, feelings of emptiness and loneliness, inability to tolerate being alone, problems about eating. ... Object-relations Theory The developmental theories of Mahler and Kernberg, and Masterson offer a perspective on BPD that finds its roots...
Heterosexism: A Psychological Disorder In today's society, it is common practice to make use of derogative slang when concerning the homosexual community. ... First, it is important to address the escalation of this prejudice and at what point it deems the classification of a psychological disorder in the form of a phobia. ... This psychological disorder is non-discriminating in its host and can be prevalent in every race, gender and religious order. ... Despite the terminological classification as a phobia, homophobia is often considered to be a psychological disorder under the gen...
Because girls see that they do not look like their idols, girls tend to feel insecure or attain eating disorders. Common roots for the stereotypical problems women face in our society stem from conventional women's magazines, thus procuring insecurities and eating disorders among young women and teenage girls. ... A man, giving his perceptions of "My Sister's Battle with Anorexia-, wrote one of only two articles in 1992 about eating disorders among teenage girls. ... (Phillips 3) Each year millions of people in the United States are subject to serious and sometimes severe eating...
Major depression, bipolar disorder, and dysthymia, which can all lead to an anxiety disorder as well. ... There is also Persistent Depressive Disorder, which lasts for about two years. ... The loss in appetite and over eating caused by this depression may induce an eating disorder, either Anorexia, or Bulimia/Binge and purge. Bipolar disorder is one many are familiar with. ... Co-existing problems of substance abuse, eating disorders, being raised around anger, or lack of skills to release emotions or a good support group can also be causes of why people fall victim to this. ...
(WHO, 1) VAD disorders include reduced immune competence resulting in increased morbidity and mortality (largely from increased severity of infectious diseases); night blindness and corneal ulcers; exacerbation of anemia through suboptimal absorption and utilization of iron; and other conditions not yet fully identified or clarified (e.g., retardation of growth and development). ... Furthermore, the second largest minority group in California has its roots in this vitamin A depleted area of the world. ... The endosperm is the nutritive tissue surrounding the embryo of a seed and is a large por...
Autism is a disorder that affects thought, perception and attention. ... Some autism disorders can be treated by a special diet. ... Identifying genes with autism would clarify the biological roots of the disease. ... These include brushing teeth, eating and writing. ... Jackson has a social disorder. ...
Sybil is a novel about a young woman named Sybil Dorsett who lived with Disassociate identity disorder (DID) for most of her life. ... Sometimes she would even put a surprise in the bottom of Sybil's food to encourage her to eat, since she had malnutrition since she would often make Sybil throw up what she had eaten. ... Wilbur was able to get to the roots of most of the traumas that has caused the initial dissociation of most of the alternating selves. ... Dissociative identity disorder has been called a "chronic form of post-traumatic disorder." It can include symptoms such as depre...
The sad irony of it all is that it is all too soon that Tambu herself begins to make choices that lead her further away from her roots and the identity of which she is so fiercely defensive. ... When her cousin Nyasha surrenders to an eating disorder (anorexia), Tambu having no choice, returns home, disturbed and confused. ... (Dangarembga 203) As she allows herself to be dragged into the school system she falls in love with "white" culture and tradition and grows to belittle her scruffy native roots. ...
