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Why is anorexia only manageable and not curable?
Question : Why is anorexia only manageable and not curable?
Why isn’t there a cure for anorexia? You get stressed out you lose your appetite. That’s not your fault that is how your body reacts to stress, If you eat when you are hungry and only hungry and maintain your weight then why is it such a bad thing that people are anorexic from time to time during stressful periods. It’s not like we are killing ourselves faster than people that overeat and that are overweight.
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Answer by Love Canada
“from time to time” with anything is ok, but then it turns into a monster
“It’s not like we are killing ourselves faster than people that overeat and that are overweight” Remember Karen Carpenter (maybe not)
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#2 written by kyzaz_23 1 year ago
The Eating Disorder, Anorexia, is a unique reaction to a variety of external and internal conflicts, such as stress, anxiety, unhappiness and feeling like life is out of control. Anorexia is a negative way to cope with these emotions
Anorexia is often classed as a mental disorder, as sufferers convince themselves of things (about themselves) that usually are not true or severely exaggerated.
Sufferers can learn to control their life and eating habits to prevent falling back into the cycle of anorexia. But as with any mental disorder itcan not be cured as there are always possibilities that it can be triggered, often by a stressful event. Statements such as you have used above (You get stressed out you lose your appetite. That’s not your fault that is how your body reacts to stress, If you eat when you are hungry and only hungry and maintain your weight then why is it such a bad thing that people are anorexic from time to time during stressful periods) are perfect examples of trying to rationalise the disorder. As for the statement about not killing yourself, you are. By starving your body, or binging you are putting major stress on all your internal organs. Anorexics often suffer organ failure due to this fact.
Both my Aunts suffer with this and getting to the stage of seeing them with feeding tubes in as they would not eat and their body was shutting down is one of the worst things to see in a person you care about. You really need to speak to someone as you abvously have not grasped all aspects of this disorder and you could find yourself on a downward spiral. -
#3 written by abfabmom1 1 year ago
I think you’re misunderstanding Anorexia. Anorexics don’t stop eating because they’re stressed, or eat when they’re hungry. They stop eating because they have a misconception that they’re fat. They eat when – and only when – they can control their caloric intake. And nobody is “Anorexic from time to time”. Certainly, many of us get stressed out and have low appetites from time to time, but this does not mean we’re Anorexic…it just means we’re stressed out and have a low appetite.
Anorexia is a psychiatric disorder that doesn’t go away, and often feeds on itself. As Anorexics gain “control” over their diet, it becomes much like a physical addiction. Think of it like you think of alcoholism – it’s a lifelong problem that requires the patient to work for “normalcy” for the rest of their lives.
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Anorexia is not like most other diseases. It is an emotional/psychological disorder. All psychological disorders are extremely hard to treat and for all intense and purposes, impossible to cure. Like alcoholics say, once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic.
Anorexia is best described as a self-image and self-loathing problem. I have talked to a lot of very beautiful women who, no matter what anyone told them, thought they were extremely ugly and overweight. It is not that they just fasted for a day or two. They had prolonged time of eating disorders such as eating too little, exercising too much, vomiting, taking weight control products, etcetera, in an attempt to lose weight unnecessarily. I knew one women who drank Ipecac at least 4 times a week.
Often, anorexia is accompanied by depression. While we have wonderful meds for depression, there is little we can do for the anorexia. Long term psychotherapy is the only way to manage it.
Unfortunately, the danger is that not only to they lose fat, they also lose muscle… including damaging their hearts. The damage to the heart is often irreversible.
It is hard to say whether or not your fasting to lose weight is a sign that you are anorexic but be careful. Look at a weight chart to see if you really are overweight and ask a doctor for guidance in losing weight.