Eating Disorder Research

Eating disorder programs now focuses on cognitive-behavioural and experiential therapy. These therapies aim to help you (an eating disorder sufferer) in figuring out how you came about with your body image.  You may be required to recall the time when you were young and how it all started.  It may be media comments, magazines that you bought, things that your parents say, the ridicule from your friends about being chubby, etc. Then, you are also required to go through a series of exercises to show that you have a distorted view of your appearance.  For instance, you are likely to find out that you have perceived that you are fat when you are actually stick thin.  When you can see through this distortion, real recovery begins.

It is perhaps the most vital piece to your recovery from an eating disorder; that is, the need to improve your body image to a positive one.  If you continue to harbor negative body image, thoughts and feelings, you will find it hard to achieve true recovery and it is easy for you to revert your previous eating disorder behaviour. However, changing your perception of your own body image is not an easy one to accomplish.  This is especially in an environment whereby being thin is seen as being beautiful.  An aneroxic will consider having even having an ounze of fat as totally unacceptable.  Being thin holds the key to having more friends, not being ridiculed and being able to wear the latest fashion. If you find it hard to accomplish changing your body image on your own and suspect that you have an eating disorder, then do get help immediately.