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Understanding About an Eating Disorder StoryUntil they actually hear a true eating disorder story, they often feel as though they are alone in the world and that no one feels the same way that they do. What do These Stories do to Help? An eating disorder story can help in many different ways; these stories are written by people who are recovering or have recovered from an eating disorder themselves. In their eating disorder story, they take center stage for once. In daily life, people who have eating disorders usually do everything they can to hide the eating disorder; most people even go to the trouble of hiding it from themselves. This ultimate denial is one of the results of feeling that no one else in the world feels the same way about food as you feel in your own mind. If the eating disorder is ignored, then everyone is free to be normal'. A shared eating disorder story does a world of good in a couple of ways. Not only is it an excellent tool for people reading the story, it is also an affirmative step for the person writing the story. Eating disorders, like other addictive habits like drugs and alcohol, have to be met head-on, and they have to be acknowledged before they can be treated. Acknowledging the eating disorder by sharing stories about it is one of the powerful affirmation tools available to people living with eating disorders. Traditionally, an eating disorder story can be found in many women's magazines for adults and especially for teenage girls. Since survey results in recent decades have shown that many boys and men suffer from eating disorders too, men's magazines are starting to pick up the ball on sharing an eating disorder story, specifically pertaining to men. Young women may feel alone when living with an eating disorder, but young men can feel absolutely rejected by society. Girls know deep down that anorexia and bulimia are problems, but they also have been taught by society that being overweight is also a problem. Solve one problem, get another one. While some men feel pressure to control their weight, they are usually under the impression that it is their own personal requirement to be skinny and not society's requirement for them; for this reason, men can feel even more alone and more confused when living with an eating disorder. |
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