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Here you will find articles that address various emotional, physical, behavioral and spiritual symptoms that are often part of the eating disorder experience.
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"What to Look For in an Eating Disorder Treatment Center" commentary
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"What to Look For in an Eating Disorder Treatment Center" is an article in the New York Times.
I wish it went a little beyond its content.
Eating Disorder Body Fantasy and Path to Recovery
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*pix Romantic, colorful, joyous uplifting sight - balloons rising into a beautiful sky. This is pleasure, even elation, in the moment. But, living to keep an ephemeral bit of lovliness as a permanent state of being can be disastrous. Can you enjoy a moment and stay in the reality of cause and effect?
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Weight Loss Surgery and Eating Disorders
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Mirror Mirror is running an excellent factual article describing weight loss surgery: Weight Loss Surgery and Eating Disorders.
In my experience as an eating disorder recovery psychotherapist I've seen tragic outcomes from weight loss surgery. Yes, I grant that it's possible, for a person without an eating disorder, to reap medical benefits from the surgery. Weight loss does occur and can be helpful in health management.
The Fire Alarm Is Not the Fire: Deep causes of intimacy issues, anxiety and eating disorders
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Shutting down the alarm does not stop the fire.
When a fire alarm goes off the problem is not the sound of the alarm. The problem is the fire. The deeper problem is the cause of the fire.
In my decades of being a psychotherapist I’ve learned that often symptoms such as intimacy problems, anxiety issues and eating disorder behaviors are alarms. Trying to shut off an alarm without addressing what’s causing the alarm to sound off accomplishes little or nothing. It also can be dangerous because the metaphoric fire continues to burn and may increase in ferocity.
It’s also, in my opinion, a waste of time and money to keep focused on the alarm while ignoring or denying the real blaze. It’s also a waste of time and money to put out the fire without understanding the conditions that created the fire and taking steps to prevent a blaze from flaring up
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