There is a lot to be said about having many acquaintances,but only having a few very good friends. I’m not talking about all your friends on Facebook, or should I simply say all those strangers you have never met. I’m talking about the ones that as my grandfather used to put it in baseball terms, the ones [...]
Eating Disorders and Dual Diagnosis
Eating disorders are treated as a mental health issue, but it’s seldom recognized that they very rarely occur independently of other mental challenges. Recognizing this is an important factor not only in diagnosis, but also in treatment. It goes without saying that recovering from an eating disorder like anorexia or bulimia is a complex process [...]
Insurance Companies to Provide Better Coverage for Eating Disorders
It’s tough to fight and treat an eating disorder. Even if you’re seeking professional help and you’ve found a reputable doctor, you still have to be able to afford treatment. An estimated 11 million Americans suffer from eating disorders like anorexia nervosa and bulimia, but only a small percentage of those people get help, and [...]
EATING DISORDERS RECOVERY: IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO “GET A LIFE!”
As many people by now know, I have had a pretty hard-knock life. I certainly haven’t lived my life in a traditional way. As a matter of fact, you could probably say I took a short left at “traditional” and then took a hard right to pretty “effed up.” A therapist I had once [...]
DATING WITH AN EATING DISORDER: LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX
Most women my age do not like dating. I myself find it basically the equivalent to having to go out and buy tires at Pep Boys. I know I need them, but when I start looking at all of them, I have no idea where to even begin. This one is saying it has good tread, the other one says longevity,there’s ones that [...]
Endangered Orangutans Could Provide Insight into Obesity and Eating Disorders
You’ve probably heard more than once how similar humans are to primates, but a recent study of Indonesian orangutans conducted by an evolutionary anthropologist at Rutgers University has linked humans and primates in areas other than genetics. Studying the areas of obesity and eating disorders, Erin Vogel saw similarities in the orangutans’ survival tactics during [...]
Eating Disorders and the Media: Anti-Airbrush Movement
Every time you flip through a magazine, you’re bound to see slim, cellulite-free legs, wrinkle-free faces and expressions without crow’s feet or smile lines. You can’t avoid it, but you can realize that in reality things aren’t always as they appear. After all, nobody is perfect – unless they’re in a magazine, that is. Health [...]
EATING DISORDERS AND THE MEDIA: EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY… FOR TOMORROW YOU MAY DIET.
For the last few months we have seen nothing but advertisers throwing everything in our faces from Big Screen TV’s to Big Holiday Hams. When you walked in the grocery store little elves were hopping around giving you free samples of egg nog, and the strong fragrant smell of cinnamon and nutmeg,made it feel OK to throw that package of sugar cookies [...]
Eating Disorders and Alcohol Over-consumption Now Has a New Name: Drunkorexia
Eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia are the most commonly discussed eating disorders, but there’s a new unhealthy habit that’s becoming more prevalent among teenagers and college students. “Drunkorexia,” a new term that’s being used by the media to describe the combination of disordered eating with heavy alcohol consumption isn’t just the collision of two [...]
Eating Disorders and Holiday Guilt
Would the defendant please rise….You have been charged with eating what you wanted over the holidays, treating yourself to some dessert after dinner last week, sleeping in instead of working out on your day off, going to In-and-Out burger with your boyfriend for his birthday, and not resisting Betty the Secretary’s fudge nut brownies today at work. [...]