Why is it that when people think eating disorder, they mostly think anorexia or bulimia?
I see a lot people address anorexia and bulimia but they don’t take binge eating disorder as seriously. In my eyes it is all the same (and I’ve suffered from all three of these). It has more to do with a dissatisfaction with oneself and an abuse of your body and/or food to remedy this feeling. So why are some eating disorder given more attention than others?
jakesmom: I think binge eating disorder effects a lot of people. If this weren’t the case, than the US wouldn’t be suffering an obesity epidemic.
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i totally see what youre saying because i often wonder the same thing. in MY opinion, i think its because exactly what you said; obesity is so prevelent and seen so much of that people jusat think, "oh theyre fat." i personally have been struggling from anorexia and bulimia for the past 6 years (im 19 now) and its been hell. as a matter of fact, last year when i was admitted to an ED hospital, they only had 20 paitents at a time and out of all of us, there was one older man (early 40′s) with binge eating disorder. If you see a heavy person walking down the street, most people unfortunately just think "fatass." whereas if you see someone walking down the street whos skin and bones, youre reaction is a little more sympathetic. some ppl dont give a sh*t either way because they think oh they put themselves through that. I wouldnt wish an ED on my worst enemy because its a lose lose situation. I relapsed 2 days after i was discharged…two days! thats a disgrace. another prblem i had was not telling my psychologist anything i was doing. so in turn, there was nothing he could do either. i showed up, put on a happy face, and left… i apoligize for babbling but that is how i feel about the whole eating disorder issue.
I think they go with the ones that affect the majority of people, rather its right or wrong is a different subject. Plus a lot of people associate binge eating with bulimia.
Anorexia and bulimia, believe it or not, have only recently been recognised – certainly only within the last 30 years. Before that they were practially unheard of so eating disorders which are even newer to the medical profession are still ‘soaking in’ to society and gradually they will be accepted too. I’m in the middle of a research project on exactly that.
Binge eating disorder is by no means on its own either. There’s also compulsive overeating disorder and EDNOS (eating disorder not otherwise specified) which are both classified as ‘official’ eating disorders in both the DSM IV and ICD 10.
I could get very technical and also say there are more than one kind of anorexia and bulimia too – purging and non-purging types, restrictive types – it goes on and on. Nothing in the ED world is as easily classified as simply ‘anorexia’ or ‘bulimia’.
They are the most common ones.