Narrative Throughout my adolescence, hard work and integrity were embedded in my personality. I identified with succeeding in my advanced placement classes, being well liked amongst my teachers and peers, and maintaining a respectable appearance. Even more so, I aimed for perfection in every way I could. This served me well in my educational endeavors, and gave me a short-lived sense of superiority to others who did not exhibit such high standards for themselves. However, as high school became tougher and the pressure of my life began to unravel, my true identity did as well. I was lost without this persona that had developed within myself, and I sought control in the only way I felt was left.
By the end of my junior year of high school, I was caught in the depths of a serious eating disorder. My fragile physique certainly showed it. Family members began to express concern, and my mother was at a loss. Nothing she could say would stop me, and the day she took me to the doctor’s office is when I suspect the worry became all too much for her.
My doctor walked in the room and firmly shook my hand, a look of concern in his eyes. “So, what’s going on?” he asked me. Clearly he knew what was going on, I rolled my …show more content…
In terms of identity development, there is a disconnect between the individual and who they are without their disorder. Intrusive thoughts frequently permeate the mind and inhibit the natural course of self-discovery, particularly in adolescents with lowered self esteem. As individuals with eating disorders typically “have fewer positive and more negative and highly interrelated self-schemas” (Stein & Corte, 2006), it is more difficult to distinguish between beliefs that stem from the disorder and those which originate through the true
By the end of my junior year of high school, I was caught in the depths of a serious eating disorder. My fragile physique certainly showed it. Family members began to express concern, and my mother was at a loss. Nothing she could say would stop me, and the day she took me to the doctor’s office is when I suspect the worry became all too much for her.
My doctor walked in the room and firmly shook my hand, a look of concern in his eyes. “So, what’s going on?” he asked me. Clearly he knew what was going on, I rolled my …show more content…
In terms of identity development, there is a disconnect between the individual and who they are without their disorder. Intrusive thoughts frequently permeate the mind and inhibit the natural course of self-discovery, particularly in adolescents with lowered self esteem. As individuals with eating disorders typically “have fewer positive and more negative and highly interrelated self-schemas” (Stein & Corte, 2006), it is more difficult to distinguish between beliefs that stem from the disorder and those which originate through the true