Eating Disorder Dilemmas
Imagine looking in the mirror every morning and viewing a heavy and unsightly reflection. Every second of everyday is spent thinking about what is consumed and how it will affect the body. All free time is spent obsessing over calories and exercising vigorously. That is the realization of living with an eating disorder. An eating disorder is a physiological disorder that is persistent in strange eating behaviors that negatively affect a person’s health and other areas of their life. There are several distinct variations such as Anorexia, Bulimia, and binge-eating. Eating disorders are a dominant issue that is dangerous, widespread, and growing rapidly in adolescents. Psychotherapy is the most effective treatment for …show more content…
The University of Oregon acknowledged that on social media there are images that send the message that if someone has a certain body type, they will be happy (Guidero). This creates the idea that being skinny can lead to automatic happiness. An inadequate emotional health can also cause eating disorders. From PBS, one reason eating disorders are developed is from an insufficient amount of control in one’s life (“Perfect Illusions”). Limiting the amount of food they eat awards them with a sense of control. PBS states that other emotions such as, “depression, anxiety, anger or loneliness” (“Perfect Illusions”), also instigate alarming eating behaviors. False advertising from social media and a shaky emotional health are two immense conditions that can motivate an eating …show more content…
On the one hand, insurance companies argue that the costs of treatment are too expensive. On the other hand, patients oppose the fact that medical bills are not covered. My own view is that insurance companies should start covering more of the medical costs of treatment for an eating disorder. Sadly, the cost of medications used to treat patients with eating disorders, such as antidepressants and mood stabilizers, are often not covered by insurance. These medications help resolve mood and anxiety linked with Anorexia. Different forms of psychotherapy like one-on-one therapy and group therapy can help combat physiological reasons the illness develops. PBS acknowledges that psychotherapy shows support from the family to the patient (“Perfect Illusions”). Although medical coverage to patients with eating disorders may seem to concern only a small group of people, it should in fact concern anyone who cares about patients recovering from the fatal
Imagine looking in the mirror every morning and viewing a heavy and unsightly reflection. Every second of everyday is spent thinking about what is consumed and how it will affect the body. All free time is spent obsessing over calories and exercising vigorously. That is the realization of living with an eating disorder. An eating disorder is a physiological disorder that is persistent in strange eating behaviors that negatively affect a person’s health and other areas of their life. There are several distinct variations such as Anorexia, Bulimia, and binge-eating. Eating disorders are a dominant issue that is dangerous, widespread, and growing rapidly in adolescents. Psychotherapy is the most effective treatment for …show more content…
The University of Oregon acknowledged that on social media there are images that send the message that if someone has a certain body type, they will be happy (Guidero). This creates the idea that being skinny can lead to automatic happiness. An inadequate emotional health can also cause eating disorders. From PBS, one reason eating disorders are developed is from an insufficient amount of control in one’s life (“Perfect Illusions”). Limiting the amount of food they eat awards them with a sense of control. PBS states that other emotions such as, “depression, anxiety, anger or loneliness” (“Perfect Illusions”), also instigate alarming eating behaviors. False advertising from social media and a shaky emotional health are two immense conditions that can motivate an eating …show more content…
On the one hand, insurance companies argue that the costs of treatment are too expensive. On the other hand, patients oppose the fact that medical bills are not covered. My own view is that insurance companies should start covering more of the medical costs of treatment for an eating disorder. Sadly, the cost of medications used to treat patients with eating disorders, such as antidepressants and mood stabilizers, are often not covered by insurance. These medications help resolve mood and anxiety linked with Anorexia. Different forms of psychotherapy like one-on-one therapy and group therapy can help combat physiological reasons the illness develops. PBS acknowledges that psychotherapy shows support from the family to the patient (“Perfect Illusions”). Although medical coverage to patients with eating disorders may seem to concern only a small group of people, it should in fact concern anyone who cares about patients recovering from the fatal