I think the more common reasons for eating disorders, especially in teenagers, would be peer pressure, stress, they way they were bought up, things of that nature.

Post edited at 8:01 am on Feb. 11, 2008 by ImSoHappy

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yeah but its not all their fault...some ppl just choose to be that way

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You just contradicted yourself in the same sentence...choosing to be that way and it not being their fault makes no sense.

I think that people with eating disorders let the factors of the media, school, etc. effect them and then let it get so far as to hurt themselves. They are choosing to make the decisions to have eating disorders whether they consciously know it or not...that's still their fault. If people could just learn that society shouldn't control our lives---we'd be in a better position in life

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It can be down to media pressure.  

I think the more common reasons for eating disorders, especially in teenagers, would be peer pressure, stress, they way they were bought up, things of that nature.

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And genetic factors.

People always forget that one.

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I had an eating disorder for nearly five years and was hospitalized for six months because of it. I do not think the media had much of anything to do with my eating disorder.

I knew most models were photoshopped. What killed me inside, was when I saw girls in real life, in person who were so skinny compared to me.

Not watching fashion shows.

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I do not think so.

I had an eating disorder for nearly five years and was hospitalized for six months because of it. I do not think the media had much of anything to do with my eating disorder.

I knew most models were photoshopped. What killed me inside, was when I saw girls in real life, in person who were so skinny compared to me.

Not watching fashion shows.

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Other things can also effect people to have eating disorders too though. Such as medication which can effect your appetite, stress, worrying over things, depression, bullying etc...Not just the media but I guess sometimes that is a big part of it.

But with some people it can be the opposite. Eating more cause of these things.

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I can't speak for everyone, but I don't believe an eating disorder can be started just by seeing a girl on a magazine cover and thinking "I wish I looked like that. I think I'll starve myself, and if I don't have the willpower to do that, I'll binge and purge."

My eating disorder...Started with a sexual assault at thirteen. You wouldn't think that would do it, would you? I hated myself. I hated myself for not fighting the guy. I wondered if I deserved it. And I started falling in and out of periods where I'd be so depressed I wouldn't eat much of anything. It wasn't a concious decision at that point.

Then I was assaulted again when I was sixteen. By someone I knew and trusted. Someone I never would have thought could have done that. And I DID fight back that time. I busted the side of the bastards head open with a rock and made him bleed all over. But the reprecussions were more than I could handle.

I did what they told you to do. I reported it to the cops. I filed charges. I started going through the court system to get "justice." The police treated me like a liar. The guy who did it told everyone at school that i was just "screaming rape" to get back at him for turning my "nasty ass" down when I tried to get him to "have sex with me." It couldn't be farther from the truth.

I lived in a small town. It was a matter of days before everyone knew. I was harrassed. Screamed at, literally inches from my face by people I didn't even know. People I had never met. I was hit, kicked, tripped, stuff was thrown at me. I was given threatening notes, letters, emails. Someone left a note taped to my locker giving me step by step directions on how to "kill yourself and do the world a f*cking favor." I was beat up several times. I was called at my home and threatened on many occasions at all hours of the night.

I hated going to school because of that. Before that...I was a straight A honor student. I was well liked by teachers, made good grades. Cheerleading, debate team, and drama. Then this happened. I faked being sick so I wouldn't have to go more times than I have hair on my head.

Eventually I got so scared to go to school...I dropped the charges. I thought people would leave me alone. I didn't want to deal with it. I wanted to just FORGET it and never think about it again. But when i dropped the charges a new kind of hell started...in addition to the hell at school that hadnt stopped.

My grandpa (my legal guardian at the time) told me I HAD to press charges and I didn't have an option in it. I told him I didn't want to. He said "I didn't ask what you wanted to do. I told you what you were going to do." Anytime I saw my grandpa (every day...) he would bring up the case...and tell me i needed to call the detective...I didnt want to. So I started isolating myself. I'd stay downstairs in my bedroom for days on end.

I eventually flipped out at school when someone shoved me down the stairs and started screaming and yelling asking them what they'd do if it was THEIR friend who was raped, or THEIR sister. Would they care? Would they want people to treat their sister or friend the way they were treating me? I was screaming and yelling and crying so much the school called my grandpa and made him come get me. I told me grandpa I would never set foot in that school ever again and if he tried to make me, I'd kill myself first.

So it was homeschooling from then on. But I was still isolating myself at home. I think shortly after I started homeschooling was when I realized I had lost almost 40 pounds... And that I was looking thin. I had to buy new clothes. I was an 11/13 before...but I was in a 7 after that.

I started making concious choices thinking...If I just skip out on cake I could be even skinnier...If I just skip out on the potatoes...I'll be that much skinnier...I'm not sure when I actually realized I had an eating disorder...but when I did...I remember thinking how strange it was your life, your body and your mind can change without you even knowing it.

At first I had feelin of guilt. I knew I shouldnt have been doing it...but I wanted to. I was fighting a civil war in my mind. I didn't know which side to take, which side to act on, and once I decided...I'd change my mind again and I couldn't remember why.

I was hospitalized in May of 2006 for six months in a residential treatment center. When i got out, I started to relapse. I was only released because I turned eighteen. But then, a month later, I was pregnant.

I don't see the media affecting me anywhere in that.

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