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Date Posted: 07:29:14 02/16/05 Wed
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Chocolate
's message, "lara" on 01:50:42 02/16/05 Wed
very interesting. If it help,s I did go through a period of cutting as well.
>Lara,
>
>I totally agree with you. but I do want to clear
>myself here. an eating disorder is mostly indeed
>caused by stress anxiety, a low self-esteem, and we
>all know all the other things it is caused by and it
>has indeed nothing to do with food.
>The research I am participating in is trying to
>explain the following:
>anxiety, low self-esteem, need for control and all
>these other issues cause problems. For some people
>these problems come out in an ED, for others it might
>be addictive problems, for others it might be cutting,
>others have aggressive behaviour. Anyway, there are a
>million things these feelings can result in. What we
>are trying to find out is why some people end up with
>an ed and others with another problem. There must be a
>reason why we project our emotions on food and not on
>other things. So if you take the anxiety, stress and
>control as given, how do some people end up with an ed
>and others with something else.
>The idea of the research is that people with stress
>and anxiety and low self esteem who as a child learned
>that food and feelings are very much connected (this
>is connected for everybody but for some people more)
>like for example children who get sick from certain
>food might tend to project feelings of stress and
>anxiety on food later in life and get an ed.
>The main question really is: do people with feelings
>of anxiety, stess, low self esteem and control who are
>learned as a child that food and well being are
>irrevocably linked tend to develope an ed instead of
>an other problem compared to peope with these feelings
>who didnt learn this.
>
>The research doesnt look at the causes of problems,
>but takes the problems as already there, so why do
>some people with problems get an ed and others get
>something else.
>
>I do agree with you on the food issue but I do think
>this is very interesting. This research idea is by no
>means proven or considered the truth. There been some
>research about this in the past: basically that stated
>that among people with problems (anxiety stress low
>self esteem, control) girls tend to associate
>internally (to themselves: cutting, ed etc) and boys
>associate externally (to others, aggressive behaviour
>etc). If you want to know more about this, let me know
>
>Chocolate
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