Dying to be Beautiful

Excellent post! As with almost all things, they are not what they seem. Many people dismiss anorexia as a person wanting to be extremely skinny, completely overlooking the mental state of mind that person is in that causes their behavior. I have a friend, for example, who is OCD and he has many things that he goes off the wall crazy if not done properly. It isn't that he is a neat freak, it goes much deeper into mental illnesses. In my opinion, lecturing people not to become anorexic is like lecturing people not to be depressed. It's a chemical imbalance in the brain, not a choice.

This is a good point. People most definitely have misconceptions about the disorder. I have never personally experienced it but a friend of mine has, I have a hard time grasping the concept of not eating but I do know that a lot of people have had issues with this.

I think it is very important for people to know how serious of a problem anorexia is. I also think it is very interesting to ponder if it is onset genetically by nature or if society and nurture play the main role. If nurture is a main cause society needs to make more of a conscience effort to accept how all people look and quit glorifying "beautiful, skinny people."

This a very interesting, but difficult topic to talk about. As smol0077 said above, telling someone to not be anorexic is like telling someone to not be depressed, it doesn't work like that. You are right, many men deal with eating disorders; I was the wrestling manager for my school and many of the boys had or had siblings that dealt with eating disorders. It is just as important for men to seek help as it is for women to.

I think this is a very interesting topic for a blog. As a girl myself, I can understand that girls are always worrying about gaining weight. It is understandable that everyone wants to be good-looking, but if someone over focus on their weight and cause anorexia, that will be a serious problem. I think the society (nurture) play the main role in causing anorexia because every time we open the TV and magazines we can see super slim bodies every where.

I think this is a very interesting topic for a blog. As a girl myself, I can understand that girls are always worrying about gaining weight. It is understandable that everyone wants to be good-looking, but if someone over focus on their weight and cause anorexia, that will be a serious problem. I think the society (nurture) play the main role in causing anorexia because every time we open the TV and magazines we can see super slim bodies every where.

I think you make a great point that anorexia is truly a psychological problem. People who may not have much knowledge in this area might just figure that eating more food will solve the problem. However, it is much more complicated than that. People who suffer from anorexia nervosa become obsessed with body image and do anything they can to lose weight, even if it is incredibly harmful to their bodies. I think it is very sad that people who suffer from anorexia may be very underweight and still view themselves as "fat" or "ugly". Anorexia is definitely something that needs to be taken seriously.

This is a very interesting topic and dear to my heart since two of my close friends have suffered from this disorder. You took a very good approach to this article and think it was very well written and said. I also appreciated how you put your own experiences into the article to help make it your own.

It is a very interesting article. First of all, I have a kind of stereotypes that anorexia is a girl's disease because I watched the news from the TV and only girls appeared on TV. I should change my view of anorexia. Thank you for the great article.

This was a very interesting to read. I was really surprised that the occurrence of male anorexia is a lot higher than most people would ever think. When I think of anorexia, I tend to think it is one of those women's disorder. But I guess there are many men who are worried about their weight. I hope people (or we) can realize that they (we) are beautiful as they (we) are no matter how we look.

It is interesting topic because I have been on diet for 2 months. Every time, I gain some weight like 2 pounds, I am really stressed out and regret why I ate too much. However, like most of other people, it is difficult to resist against delicious, cheesy pizza. It is difficult to understand how people develop anorexics, but I think that different people are more vulnerable to such psychological disorder.

I like this post a lot! it would be really interesting if someone posts the comparison between anorexia and binge-eating. they are two extreme opposite eating disorders, but I feel like the cause of these eating disorders could be the same such as stress and low self-esteem.

Good personal connection and points about anorexia. Give us just a bit more summary of the links that you posted.

This was extremely interesting! I've honestly never even thought about males and anorexia, it just never really occurred to me. I didn't realize I connected anorexia and gender at all until I read this. I can just imagine how many other people, like me, have never heard of any males having anorexia or have never thought about it. It's really too bad that that is the case because that mindset in people will definitely make a difference in the ease of recovery for males with anorexia and might also make a difference in the amount of acceptance and support they receive while they are trying to recover.