Maudsley Family Therapy

they want to be accepted by everyone. Some start at a young age because their parents criticized how they look and because they have so much respect they want to achieve what other people want, but they hurt themselves trying to be that person their families or friends want them to be. I really enjoyed this article because sometimes we forget the influence we have in people and how important it is to think of what we say because a small comment can cause someone to dislike who they are. The…

In the article, “Too ‘Close to the Bone’: The Historical Context for Women’s Obsession with Slenderness,” author Roberta Seid proclaims that the health of society today is measured by appearance and attitude towards food and eating. Seid stresses that the obsession over being skinny and how the obsession is fueled by fashion and society. She warns that this obsession can lead to anorexia and she fears that many are okay with that. In the article, “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance,”…

Anorexia nervosa, a common eating disorder, mostly is triggered by personal request of losing weight or decreasing ingestion. Interestingly, historical accounts stand in direct opposition to what Malson (1998) describes as the rhetoric of anorexia as a modern disease, which is propped up by the popular discourse of thinness and the media. Furthermore, the recent and copious emergence of literature documenting historical cases of anorexia (Bemporad, 1996) may be indicative of a discursive shift…

One result of urinary incontinence is social impairment; moreover, there are some usual physical activities that are enjoyed by many people, with the purpose of fitness and social interaction. However, urinary incontinence patients are forced to give up their favorite activities such as exercising, swimming and dancing fearing that others will know about their condition. Urinary incontinence patients with obesity are the most affected because losing weight is usually required for the treatment…

so, this is a trigger known as childhood habits can play a major role in triggering bad eating habits. Social influences is the final trigger to emotional eating. Some people let their nerves get the best of them, and that trigger them to overeat. Family, and friends can encourage you to eat more. You do it to fit…

Imagine fashion models posing in from of the camera. While those models are seen to have the perfect body image, many of them are struggling to become thin and maintain their style. As a result, many of them become diagnosed by eating disorder just to achieve the unrealistically thin body image. Another problem caused by the fashion industry promoting the unhealthy body image is that the society is also being obsessed with the models’ body shape, and start extreme diet to become like of of them.…

Teenagers desire to have a slim body and to be beautiful such as women in media. The media is the most powerful influence on teenagers’ sexual behaviors and attitudes because the media emphasized the slim body of woman in advertisings. Also, the media tend to impose that women should be thin, which can harm adolescent girls who are unable to achieve the highly idealized shape of models. When teenagers think that their body seems different than the models in media, young people are not only…

To be free-spoken nowadays, our universe has changed very much. Susan Bordo the modern feminist philosopher described as surprisingly about the connection between eating disorder and images used in advertisement. She showed beautifully that the objective which is criticizing the culture these days. The main connection between watching an advertisement of slim, beautiful model. The fashion industry influenced the human beings rapidly in this present universe. The young women in order to get…

“ Even models we see in magazines wish they could look like their own images.” (Cheri K. Erdman) photoshopping has become so extensive that seeing actual humans has become hard. Photoshopping can mean fixing a stray hair or erasing a wrinkle to shedding off 10-20 pounds, and becoming a whole new person. The reason having no figure has become the perfect figure is because of extensive photoshopping. Photoshopping is getting more and more realistic by day, which makes it hard to tell the…

Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is defined as repeated episodes of eating appearing at least once a week for over three months. The patient consumes a large amount of food in a short period of time comparing to most others in a similar circumstances due to the lack of control over eating. After overeating, the patient might feel guilt, embarrassment, or disgust. He or she will intentionally hide the bingeing by eating alone and pretend to be normal in front of others. In the beginning,…