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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:30 AM Original message |
Fighting Anorexia: No One to Blame |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. "no one to blame" except, perhaps, a media that feeds us completely |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Read the piece, and then get back to me for discussion. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. It's right there in the article |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yeah, duh. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I must've missed it then |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I guess you missed the part about genetics altogether. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 04:34 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. And if an illness is genetic, then an increase in that illness means |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Not necessarily. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 06:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. LOL - I just described evolution |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Ah, you haven't even read the original article posted. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 05:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Simone de Beauvoir Documented it in "The Second Sex" |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
3. So is it related to, or like, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. For some people with anorexia... |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
56. I Believe OCD is Involved |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 03:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Seems to me it should be treated much like OCD and anxiety. |
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janedoe (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. No one to blame? |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 02:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
25. THANK YOU. Jesus H. Christ, this thread disturbs me. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. What's disgusting is that you could clearly give a rat's arse... |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Actually the media changing would help sufferers |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Yes, it would. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 02:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. The media is partially to blame though. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 02:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
36. I don't blame the parents per se, but I totally agree with your conclusion |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:26 AM Response to Original message |
10. More information... |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
11. Specific regions of brain implicated in anorexia nervosa, U of Pitt Study |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. Alterations in brain serotonin activity may be associated with anorexia ne |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Very very interesting. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
16. Many of us tend to gain weight. Anorexia is hard to understand. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Oh, I'm with you there. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
18. ALL mental illness is exploding |
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Goldensilence (213 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
19. just another sign of culutral decay |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 01:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. You didn't even read the article, did you? |
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Nikia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-02-05 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. I think that it is both genetics and environment |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:05 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. I have to agree with you. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
24. Feeling fat can be 'in the mind' |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 02:33 AM Response to Original message |
26. Goddamn, I LOVE my Ignore button. |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:51 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. What? |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 02:42 AM Response to Original message |
27. vegetarian, whole food, organic, much water, excersize |
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HuckleB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. ? |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 11:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
61. I was suggesting healthy eating would eliminate a lot of dieting which ... |
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Pharlo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
32. The onset of eating disorders of all varieties are being |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 02:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. I think the age difference has to do with exposure to more exposure to |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 07:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
44. From what I read |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. I think that kids who are 8-10 that weigh 50 pounds have always garnered |
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justabob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:15 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. true |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. My child enjoys the disney channel and I walk a fine line between |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
40. Eating disorders are sometimes linked to control issues. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 04:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. If you read the article it states that there is a genetic component |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 05:14 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Right, thus the second part of my post stating it's not as simple... |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 06:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. I felt the first portion of your post needed clarification. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:58 PM Response to Reply #43 |
59. I thought the rest of my post explained it adequately. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 10:38 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. I disagree. |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 01:04 PM Response to Reply #60 |
62. You're just taking it personally and being defensive. |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:01 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. No, I'm discussing the content of the article. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
46. Well I think it's an important article and here's my question > |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:26 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Good question |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:36 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. It's similar to what my friend experienced but I still can't figure outwhy |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. LOL |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:33 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I wonder why the article didn't examine this question |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
64. My thoughts exactly. |
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Qanisqineq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
48. I was anorexic for years and years |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Actually this one says something new - you should read it |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
65. I am so sorry. But, glad your on the mend. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
53. If it's solely biological, why is the age dropping? |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 08:43 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. there was an article in the Times magazine a few years ago about - |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-05-05 02:44 PM Response to Reply #53 |
66. You got it! |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-04-05 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
57. It is an interesting article.... |
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