Body dysmorphic disorder

problems that affect several individuals. A topic that caught my attention because I can relate to it is body image and how it goes in hand with eating disorders. What is body image and eating disorders? Denotatively, body image is the subjective picture or mental image of one’s own body. An eating disorder is any range of psychological disorder characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits. Body image…

clothes need to be a small size in order to fit into them. The other reason is that the camera is notorious for adding pounds. When the models go on photo shoots, it’s important that they look “thin and sexy” (Eating Disorders). An example of a celebrity having an eating disorder is Singer Karen Carpenter, who was struggling with anorexia and bulimia and after she went to treatment for years, everyone thought that she had recovered and was doing better. After that, she was found dead on the…

REPORT, in the health and psychology section. These are some key points of what I read and the opinion I have about them. I have my own experience with this situation my aunt and many other people from my mother’s side have obsessive compulsive disorder and are very anxious folks! I have read that this can be hereditary and I at times show certain qualities…

whole new level with websites being created that promote eating disorders (Stamford). The doctors have come to conclude that social media plays a big role in the rising numbers. Doctors believe that with the use of social media the young women find it easier to take comfort with other people on the internet who feel the same way they do, and the media have websites that promote eating disorders ("Eating Disorders for Teen Girls Rising”). Clearly the media needs to be more mindful on the the type…

Mental Disorders that are fascinating to learn about, but I wanted to learn a little more about Eating Disorders mostly because it affects people are my age. The movie I decided to watch was Starving in Suburbia (2011) it stars a senior in high school named Hannah Warner (Laura Wiggins) who starts to develop an Eating Disorder more specifically Anorexia Nervosa. An eating disorder is a psychological disorder, also featured with any abnormal eating habits, there are many types of eating disorders…

males with the mental illness and eating disorder anorexia nervosa (AN). Males account for 10-25% of AN and bulimia cases whereas 0.2-0.3% of all cases are lifelong in males (Sabel, Rosen & Mehler, 2014). I gained inspiration to illustrate this issue through a personal encounter with someone who was in recovery from the disorder. Unfortunately I realised I was stigmatising and stereotyping him because I made the assumption that as he was a male, eating disorders would not affect him. I soon…

The article It’s All Your Fault, uses stories to explain the issues that impact women’s lives every day about obesity and sexual assault. These issues that women go through are compelling. The survivors of the sexual assault and obesity in the stories are describing the perspectives on the blame and guilt that they have. Kenneth Burke writes about the elements of the drama. Each of the elements serve as lens through which to view the survivors. Kenneth then goes on to express, “reflection of…

significant increase of female participation, is has been a similar increase in sports-related injuries and conditions (Matzkin, 2015). One condition that stands out in female athletes is the Female Athlete Triad. The female athlete triad is a spectrum disorder characterized by correlated dysfunction in energy availability, menstrual function, and bone mineral density (BMD). Although,…

The two approaches used based from the case study which was understanding Leah's eating disorder are : psychodynamic approach and social learning. The factors that contributed to Leah's eating disorder can be attributed to her psychological - dysfunctional family history/childhood experiences (neglected by biological parents and removed from their care, found malnourished and living in dirty conditions ) and sociological - family dynamics ( sister was bullied from school for being overweight…

In the end, Emily gives into death as well. She attempts to overcome death by denying the fact that death exists or has happened. Emily has a strange relationship with the bodies of the men she has loved. After her father passes away her necrophilia becomes evident to all those around her. When her lover dies, she refuses to believe he is dead, even though she is the one who killed him. By murdering her lover, she believes…