Eating Disorder Essay

Out comes the soft cry of a young girl as she looks into the mirror for the 17th time today. She is disgusted and disturbed at the reflection in front of her. She is only 86 ponds, extremely light for her 5’2 stature. Every rib in her body can be seen from the back and the front, yet she feels massive. She doesn’t see a young beautiful girl, with big eyes and long hair. All that she sees is fat. Everywhere. Ever since the day he touched her she finds it hard to find beauty in anything at all. She feels heavy. Heavy with pain, with fear and with sadness. It wasn’t always this bad, or was it. She finds it difficult to remember life before the diet. She looks back at old photos and although it refreshes her memory, it saddens her to see such a chubby little girl. She looks better now. Better than the days before the diet. She finds happiness as she imagines more pounds falling off, before she lays down she whispers, “After this I will look so good… I will be loved …show more content…
The complexity of the disorder lies not in the characteristics of the disease itself but in defining the root of the cause. Many people with eating disorders suffer from other mental problems which closely ties the disorder to the mind according to www.apa.org, a website built around eating disorder awareness and education. They go on to inform that often times there is some sort of psychological trigger that leads to the disorder. Examples of this would be a death in the family, a break up, sexual assault or instances of bullying. In today’s society, there is a bigger pressure on teens and young adults to look thinner, prettier and even more beautiful than ever before. Although the definite cause cannot always be identified according to psychologist, especially among induvials who find it hard to seek help and/or talk about their