The Humaniation of AnorexiaEssay Preview: The Humaniation of AnorexiaReport this essayThis is a paper I wrote a while ago, its not that good but oh well.KatrinaProfessor PeralaEnglish 10130 September 2011The Humanization of AnorexiaOut of all adult Americans; nineteen percent have a mental disorder. Three percent of those have Anorexia. Even if three out of nineteen doesnt seem like a lot, it makes Anorexia a major contributor to the fields of mental illness. Those who do have anorexia are subjected to a lot of criticism due to their illness. The most common generalization of anorexia is the person is white, middle class, heterosexual, woman in her twenties. This suggestion is not entirely true. This disease had no boundaries, anorexia can occur within any race, class, sexuality, sex, and age. It is a disease that can happen to any unsuspecting guest. Why does anorexia occur? It happens for multiple reasons, the most popular belief is to be thin, but it can also emerge from stress and past events. Anorexia is a very dangerous illness; it can cause death and depression which can then lead to suicide. There are many ways for someone affected by anorexia to get help. There is no true cure for anorexia, just therapy and support groups. Hospitalization can be both a good and a bad thing for the patient, it can cause depression but it can also help someone gain the weight they need to become healthy. Research is a big problem for anorexics, there is not enough information for them to get the special treatment. Therefore, I would suggest we put our time and money into becoming more aware of anorexia and to find a way to treat it properly.
Anorexia has been stereotyped by many doctors and civilians alike, the most familiar bias is that anorexia is a womans disease. By restricting anorexia as only a “Womans” disease half the population on the earth is left without a defined sickness and an unattended health issue. This desensitizing definition not only strikes a bigot point of view that singles out a particular sex, it is harmful and dangerous to those who are not in the standard of anorexia and are not able to receive treatment. The mainstream concept of anorexia makes it difficult for other ethnic groups to receive the proper identification for their specific illness, whether anorexia or any other illness. In the book Anorexia Nervosa: A Guide to Recovery, by Lindsey Hale and Monika Ostroff, they give real life examples and experiences explaining this fault in the stereotype. They talk about how many different races suffer from anorexia, and when attempting to receive appropriate information, they ended up getting turned away. Cultural differences have no meaning to anorexia; it can happen in any country or family. Where someone belongs on the social latter does not affect the risks of anorexia. Celebrities often show signs of anorexia due to social pressures just as any other person endures the pressures upon men and women to be thin.
People throughout the world should attempt to become aware of anorexia. We should, as a country work to find true understanding of this mental illness. Anorexia is defined by the stereotype as a fear of weight gain. In reality anorexia is more, it is an illness that takes over a persons life, and it is addicting and very life threatening. Anorexia is the fear of weight gain but it can also appear because of a past experience or from stress. Anorexia is like a drug, once you start, it is very difficult to stop. The affects on a person who develops anorexia are extreme weight loss, weakness, and occasionally in women it stops the menstrual cycle. What causes someone to become anorexic at this moment is unknown; it could be because of some chemical within the brain that is reacting to food in a bad way, it is strange for a human to want to cause physical harm to themselves.
Marya Hornbacher, author of Wasted wrote about her experience of being anorexic, she stated that she was branded by her many doctors and peers, as vain, immature, and mad. She was once told that anorexia was a phase adolescent girls go through. Anorexia is not as simple as a person being called fat by her peers, it develops from society. Propaganda shown to the public, as in seize zero models, who are said to have the perfect bodies, but in fact most of what is seen on television is due to picture editing. All over the media, there are commercials all based on the idea of thinness. There are pills specifically for losing weight many people end up abusing these while trying to attain the perfect body.
When a person becomes anorexic, they begin to feel isolated from their friends and family. People begin to judge them based on their thinness, and thus they are never satisfied with themselves. In the scholarly essay Hospitalization for Anorexia Can Do More Harm Than Good by Theresa Defino she speaks about anorexia patients and the likely hood of becoming suicidal. It is more than likely that a little less than half of the anorexic population becomes suicidal. The most common age of deaths are said to be between twenty to thirty years of age, but that does not leave out that rest of the population. Everyone is capable of suicide. These statistics do not count those who die from fragile health. These people were using highly lethal methods with no real chance to be saved. These methods include guns, hangings, poison, drug overdoses, carbon dioxide, and even jumping in front of trains. The manner in which they killed themselves were all ways in which they have the least chance of survival.
The suicide of a patient is a unique and complex part of the process. For example, while it certainly may go unnoticed, it is clear the process is far more complex and complex than the medical profession suggests.
A physician who is not aware of the nature of a problem might decide that the patient is not worthy of the care they are giving to but can be relied upon to protect it. Even within the hospital where the person is given care, there are often “reasons to doubt” whether this person will be able to deal with all the challenges associated with it and, ultimately, who will ultimately make a full recovery. In some instances this may be because they are mentally prepared for the situation and because they may be overwhelmed by what is to come.
A patient has two things in common:
A symptom of anorexia (i.e., a physical imbalance in the body leading to an inability to get a good night’s sleep) has begun. If the patient was to go outside or, more likely, because their body had developed a very good physical fit, they would have been unable to get the food they needed. Even though we don’t know a whole lot for sure, the possibility of this possibility exists. This is not the case unless both physical and psychological factors are present. However, if both are present, they can be quite significant. Although in a case like this, the issue does not arise for the individual, it may be seen through the process of coping with problems.
Other signs of anorexia include:
A high level of apatite, a marked lack of sexual desire, a lack of sexual desire in relation to others (usually men)
Anorexia is more prevalent among women: A woman’s sense of urgency and self-esteem is low, so it is less likely to occur or even occur at all. This is especially true for high risk participants who are in a high intensity relationship with the woman. A female can feel helpless, but, if they have feelings of helplessness, she could use some form of supportive help (such as kissing or hugging), or perhaps seek other means to feel more comfortable and feel more well-adjusted in her own life. Although I don’t usually share the feelings of helplessness, it also could be a matter of feelings for the woman as well. The less she trusts the other person to help her, the less much her relationship with them is going to improve.
The more severe symptoms of anorexia will occur. For many patients this means that the physician has to stop and check in with those in the waiting room about the seriousness of the disease. Many patients who have become seriously ill tend to also start suffering from anorexia. For others, it may cause more serious problems such as liver or pancreatitis. Many patients who have become completely free of anorexia are able to live happily ever after without any medical assistance. Many will experience more serious complications, such as multiple internal bleeding and some may have other conditions in which medical intervention would have saved their life, such as asthma and ulcers.
A patient may suffer from any type whatsoever for an extended time. However, in some cases, it can be that a particular degree of a treatment doesn’t seem very useful. I know this because I used to write about how I was cured of anorexia by seeing the cure-all book The Book of Cure-all. These authors made it almost impossible to read the book, including the way a patient who has never faced anorexia would look to get help. However, I had to stop it before having the opportunity to deal with it again. What I’ve learned is how frustrating this sometimes is to read, and when it makes sense it brings up a similar point for everyone. This is not a cure-all, but it is certainly an idea. The cure-all is simple: We get rid
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