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An eating disordered person can also take group therapy, they can take self-help classes, and there are personal coaches for this kind of thing. There are many ranches and special places for eating disordered persons also. A lot of them offer scholarships or aid for those who do not have the money, in the United States anyhow. Besides all of the ways to get help that I already mentioned there is also a lot of help, advice, inspiration, and support online. A person can also write in a journal, read books from the library, make a special binder for sources of inspiration, write a list of fun activities to do when you feel down, etc. There are many ways to begin to recover. And for a person suffering from an eating disorder any step you make towards getting better is a giant step.
Something that should be noted is that all sorts of people have eating disorders. Some people develop eating disorders due to their profession. Such as wrestlers, dancers, long-distance runners, gymnasts, models, entertainers, etc. Children as young as 9 (and probably younger) can have an eating disorder. Elderly people can also suffer. Women and girls account for 98% of all eating disordered people, but men and boys suffer also. All people with eating disorders are not skin and bones. Eating disordered people can be overweight, underweight, or a normal weight. They come in all colors, with different histories, in all shapes and sizes. Something very important to remember is that they are all individuals, they all have their own feelings and their own stories.
Now, anytime that there is a large number of people suffering from the same kind of disorder or dysfunction, you have a societal, cultural, and environmental PROBLEM. 70 million people worldwide are affected by eating disorders. Eating disorders have been most prevalent in industrialized nations. Eating disorders are most common in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Europe, and South Africa.
This tells me that there are certain belief structures or codes of conduct in all of these countries that result in the repression of emotions, and manifestation of these emotions into the form of eating disorders. A lot of research and thought still needs to go into this part before there will be a complete knowing and understanding of these structures. What people can do in the meantime is spread awareness and talk, talk, talk.
Communication is key in finding a solution for eating disorders. The best thing a person, who has an eating disorder, can do is talk about what they feel and what is going on. The more that people feel like they can freely express themselves and be themselves, the closer we will be to ending eating disorders. We are causing in our young women and children a severe self-confidence deficit. Which means that we've got to start being more loving and accepting people period. There is no medication or media article that will take eating disorders out of existence.
We need to go back over our values in these nations where eating disorders are present, and figure out what really is important. People are going to continue to have eating disorders as long as we are non-communicative and superficial people. It is a deterioration of our values and our relations toward one another. Hopefully, as the years pass by, we will see an increase in our understanding of one another and a decrease in eating disorders.
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