*Cue Julie Andrews singing about her favourite things* Well now that we have that established. On a more serious note I wanted to write this post to 1) understand the importance of identifying likes and dislikes when you’re battling with an eating disorder and 2) allow you to get to know me better.
It’s common for people struggling with an eating disorder to not have a clear sense of self. This is usually due to a lack of mirroring in the home environment (I talk more about this in this blog post.) Since you are not making true connections it affects the development of your sense of self. This lack of self-concept inhibits the ability to express emotions. So you begin to look externally first for what is validated by society and then
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themselves back to their true self to live in alignment)
Warm blankets (I’m always wrapping blankets around myself even if I’m not cold because I like the way it comforts me-especially my soft blanky)
Thunderstorms in the summer
Going to restaurants (I find that I enjoy food so much more when it’s cooked for me rather than by me)
Baking (I listen to the Twilight soundtrack on repeat and let my creativity guide me)
Learning
Researching and developing new projects (Book number two in the works…)
Being in love
Massages (mostly getting them but I enjoy giving hand massages)
Making treasure hunts, mazes, games, or riddles for other people
The feeling of a clean mouth/brushing my teeth
Being silly, playful, and sarcastic
Daydreaming
Flowers (especially hydrangeas, roses, and sunflowers)
Sleeping without a pillow
The beach (the sun, sand, and {preferably} salt water)
The sound of a nearby train
Chocolate
Teaching and attending workshops
Growing fresh herbs
The smell of fresh lavender
Jaguars (the car)
Feeling financially supported
Reading my horoscope in the newspaper every year on my birthday
Astrology
Kristin Wiig (I can relate to her sense of humour)
Huskies
Psychology games
Driving around to see Christmas lights
Watching any Audrey Hepburn movie, The Twilight Saga, or Gone with the Wind (the only movies I enjoy watching more than once)
High waisted sailor pants
Purple and yellow
Listening to MC Yogi – Shanti during savasana pose
Hiking and
One of the major problems with eating disorder sufferers are that people can't separate themselves from their ED and believe that the thoughts the eating disorder is sending them are their own thoughts: which they are not.
I like to act and read. In fact, I am part of the Rising Stars Club and Book Club at Heritage High School. I am really passionate about both of them. I started acting last year and I hated reading up until 5th grade when my cousin got me the Hunger Games trilogy for Christmas.
The world today makes it to where if a person is not accepted they go home, they cry, and they try to cope their pain with either food, harm, anger etc. They shut themselves away from the world because they believe that they are imperfect. However, they are not the imperfect ones, it is society. Society raises the rates of depression within victims of eating disorders. There are three main reasons for developing an eating disorder: social, genetics, and psychological. The society today brings many people to the belief that to obtain the perfect body they must put their bodies through unhealthy habits which can lead to the harm of themselves
There is a focus on helping patients to observe and label their emotional reactions to trauma, validation and acquiring a balance between acceptance and change. This is a fairly new type of approach which is being modified for the treatment of eating disorders. (Santucci, 2010) This form of therapy, according to the data is appropriate for any individual afflicted with this condition as well as many others, but currently does not have a depth of research behind it to prove it individually effective specifically for AN.
Eating Disorders affect over ninety percent of our population today. Yearly, they affect around nine million adults alone. Since it has such a widespread grasp it makes eating disorders the most silent killer of all psychological diseases. The psychological distortion behind it though is considered to be one of the most shrouded in mystery compared to other diseases rooted in mental instability.
People are often exposed to the media 's ideal body image, whether it 's through magazines, television, toys (e.g. Barbie dolls), or social media, it is almost impossible to avoid it. There are numerous of people who desire to look the way the world defines beauty. And although this may not seem like so much of a bad thing, this can lead to hardships for many people. This type of influence has caused countless individuals to endure an eating disorder in order to get the body they wish to have. Eating disorders are a worldwide problem that are very dangerous due to having many types of disorders and symptoms that occur, the effects that take place in a patient 's mental
Eating disorders can be viewed as multi-determined disorder. Multi-determined disorders can conclude of various factors to the cause of one’s eating disorder. Each factor produces stressors to which “initiates dieting, weight loss, and the pursuit of thinness” (Diaz, 2017). A multi-determined disorder would be anorexia nervosa. These multi-determined factors leading to eating disorders may include socio-cultural, competitive environments, interpersonal, family, etc. Those who have eating disorders are diagnosed with more than one causing factor. With such stressors occurring to the self, leads to the self concept of when one has little memory of positive schemas. He or she is then unable to cope with challenges, thus feeling unworthy to his
I like to hand paint with my son. I get more into than he does sometimes.
Many may see someone who has an eating disorder as someone who wants 'attention,' while disregarding all of the several factors that play a part in causing someone to take this path in their life. The list of causes goes on and on, yet the basics are right under our noses. Vaguely speaking, biological factors, psychological factors, and environmental factors all take a place on the stand for being causes ("Disorder Hope").
This issue needs to be addressed because eight million Americans suffer from an eating disorder. That statistic means that each person who suffers from an eating disorder has changed mentally and physically. From a mental perspective, the person has a difficult time focusing and controlling their emotions. A person also feels unmotivated and feels no interest in any activity. Their attitudes change and most likely become depressed. Once a person’s mood changes, family members and friends take a stance and are guaranteed to get that person some help from professionals. Physical
Most of all, I enjoy walking outside on windy, cool nights, gazing up at the stars and repeating the words, “I miss you,” to my parents
In order to apply the Looking-Glass Self theory to persons with eating disorders we must first consider the wide variety of influences that will impact this
Self esteem is caused by one thinking of how they are overall whether it is looks or way of thinking. People who mostly have low self esteem is by looking at other people and wanting either something they have and they can not have for themselves whether is appearance or something the other possesses or owns. People with low self esteem lack confidence and this is the case amongst people who are suffering with anorexia. They lack the confidence of having appearances and image. These sufferers lose a substantial amount at first then it leads to total starvation. Total starvation has consequences. One of the consequences is having low pulse, blood pressure, and blood sugar. The group of anorexia people believe that they are not fit and have to continue doing so to fit in. They lose weight rapidly and they believe for this enormous weight loss they believe this is a good start to fitting right in with
Eating disorders stem from a combination of psychological, biological, and social factors. Feelings of depression and anxiety along with daily stressors can contribute to
Low self-esteem plays a prominent role in many multifactorial theories of the etiology of eating disorders.