Eating Disorders
I know it felt like to be bullied and how it felt like to bully someone. Nobody wants to be made fun of, everybody doesn't want to anyone making fun of them, the question is, why is everyone making fun of each other if they don't want to feel pain? Well, life wouldn't go on if we didn't know what pain felt like. It is really hard to become a victim, especially if you don't know why you are being bullied. All my high school life, I was bullied for so many reasons, but there was this main reason why I was bullied, it was because I liked girls and when I told them the reason why I liked girls they would just make fun of me even more. Based on my experience, I really hated waking up knowing that I'd be going to school and face my bullies, but life goes on and all you can do is face your bully. Be brave enough to face these people, they're part of your life. Forgive and forget.
According to writer Dorothy Espelage,who wrote for www.education.com ,according to her article, which is entitled "Bullies and Victims", says that Bullying perpetration and victimization was brought to the attention of U.S researchers by Dan Olweus, who spearheaded a nationwide Scandinavian campaign against bullying. Referring to bullies as "whipping boys" in the 1970s, Olweus set forth the following definition of bullying that continued to be consistently used into the early 2000s: "A student is being bullied or victimized when he or she is exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more students."
There are so much things bullying alone can lead to and one of them is eating disorders.
According to a site I have found, which is www.huffingtonpost.com, and name of the article is "Bullying and Body Image: How Bullying Leads to Eating Disorders" and it says that, bullying can have a long-lasting results on the bullied, and in some cases, may lead to eating disorders, according to UK Charity Beat. Also a recent study of 600 people in the UK during the Anti-Bullying Week by Beat found that at least 90 percent of respondents admit to being bullied at some time in their llives, and more than 75 percent of individuals suffering from an eating disorder admit bullying is a significant cause of their disorder. Individuals who are bullied may turn to eating disorders in an effort to manage their stress or take control of their lives. Others simply find solace in their eating disorder. "Anorexia became my friend -- it gave me comfort and separated me from the scary world of socializing -- I didn't have anything else on my mind," said one respondent in the Beat survey. "I am now recovering but am still exceptionally controlled and rigid around meal times."
I think of the main reasons why bullying leads to eating disorders, it is because of people making fun of others weight or body image. There is an article I found written by Sherri Gordon, who wrote it for www.bullying.about.com and who's title of the article is "Bullying Linked to Eating Disorders", and the article says that as tweens and teens are growing and developing, they are working through a wide range of psychological and physical issues including body image. At this time in their lives, most of them are extremely conscious about their physical appearance and how they are perceived by others. When they are being bullied and teased about their weight, they sometimes feel sad and ashamed. This can lead to feelings of depression, low self-esteem, and poor body image. It can also make them want to avoid being around others, or stop doing their usual activities.
I have dealt with eating disorders I know that I not physically fit, when my batchmates make fun of how I look, especially when when they talk about weight, I starve myself just to lose weight. All that time I was starving myself, I thought that I was loosing weight but I was actually hurting myself, not just that but my friends and the people who care about me as well. Think about others, as well, who are also hurting. After high school I was able to eat properly again because I didn't see my bullies anymore.
You might think that celebrities don't go through bad things, even there are bad rumors against them, but some of the celebrities have faced eating disorders and one of them is, Christina Ricci. The Addams Family star said that she battled anorexia and according to her "At the time that I was starting to diet and stuff, I saw this TV movie, and I though, 'Ooh--anorexia. I could probably do that,'"
Having eating disorders isn't fun because of how it could literally change someone in a bad way. Based on my personal experience, my thinking that starving myself was the cure, let me tell you it isn't. It wasn't such a fun thing to do because, like I said, I thought I was going to lose weight. When I thought that my waist line got smaller, I thought I was losing weight. I have fought with Binge-eating as well, but mostly I starve myself when I get bullied.
I saw this article called "Can Bullying Trigger Eating Disorders?" from the website, www.anorexia-reflections.com according to the article, bullies think it's fun to make someone else cry, which they see as a testament to their own power or dominance over another human being. What's interesting is that sensitive people happen to be more prone to the development of eating disorders like anorexia or bulimia. Always eager to please, and a desire to never "rock the boat" these kinds of individuals are unlikely to step out and defend themselves. People with eating disorders have an extreme tendency to over-personalize. They will often take their perpetrator's word as the gospel truth and sometimes go out of their way to make changes in order to try to please them.
An article that I found, which I got from the website called www.dosomething.org, and according to the site that there are 11 facts about eating disorders, but I will be talking about 3 facts that needs attention:
- Eating disorders can be genetic or caused by psychological issues like coping skills, control issues, trauma, family trouble, or social issues. Each type of eating disorder has many possible causes.
- More than 50 percent of teen girls and nearly 33 percent of teen boys admit to using unhealthy methods to control their weight. 58 percent of the studied girls felt social pressure to maintain a certain size.
- Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. For women ages 15 to 24, the mortality rate of anorexia is 12 times higher than any other cause of death.
I think I have said this before, but when I was bullied I always starve myself because every time I was made fun of, it was always something that has to do with where I am from or how I speak or how I look. My bullies always made sure that I didn't have a good day, so I turned to the one thing I didn't imagine I would actually do, I starved myself. In turn, I didn't feel good about myself and I thought that I would die that way, but then I overcame that and I am here happy that I am in college.
Now, an article written by Dr. Patricia Pitts, PhD, which you can find in the website called www.thebellavita.com and the title of her article is called "Bullying and Eating Disorders", according to Dr. Patricia that the abuse has serious ramifications, leading to significant increases in suicide, substance abuse and development of eating disorders among children. The barrage of put-downs related to weight, physical appearance, religion, intelligence, culture or sexuality comes at a time when children are still developing a healthy sense of self. Bullying contributes to significantly diminishing a person's self-esteem, pushing individuals to manage their stress or take control of their lives through unhealthy, and possibly, deadly means,
Demi Lovato, who suffered from not only from bullying, but also eating disroders, she had an interview with Seventeen Magazine, she wrote the article herself and her article is called "My battle with Eating Disorders" and she said "I started compulsively overeating at a very young age. And then I almost stopped eating altogether at the age of 12, after being harassed by kids at school, for being 'fat'.My eating disorder will continue to affect me for the rest of my life, but I'm proud to say that I got the help I needed, and am now the happiest and healthiest I have ever been!" She also said that Eating disorders are serious and complex problems that affect millions of young men and women all over the world. But so many people don't actually understand them. For example, it's a common misconception that eating disorders are just about food, But they're actually about so much more than that. Also that it often stem from feelings of low self esteem, depression, anxiety, or in her case, being teased and ridiculed for her weight. She also believes that a big contributing factor to these feelings is the pressure that's out there to meet impossible standards.
There are 3 types of eating disorders, which are Anorexia, Bulimia and Binge-eating. I know what it felt like to have an eating disorder, I starved myself because I was very insecure of how I looked, all of the things I have experienced and because of the bullying I had to go through, starving myself was the only solution I had, which I thought was the easiest way out of bullying.
You can get help, you can get it by telling someone of your disorder and of the bullying you get. I got the same help Demi got when she was suffering from the eating disorder she had. After I got the help I needed, I was and am still the happy girl. Be happy with the body you have, all my life, I had body issues and I thought that starving myself was the only solution, like I said. It isn't and it won't be, because it isn't worth it. I also surround myself with great people and these people also helped me get over my disorder, it was very hard at first, but now I am eating very healthy.
Demi Lovato, who suffered from not only from bullying, but also eating disroders, she had an interview with Seventeen Magazine, she wrote the article herself and her article is called "My battle with Eating Disorders" and she said "I started compulsively overeating at a very young age. And then I almost stopped eating altogether at the age of 12, after being harassed by kids at school, for being 'fat'.My eating disorder will continue to affect me for the rest of my life, but I'm proud to say that I got the help I needed, and am now the happiest and healthiest I have ever been!" She also said that Eating disorders are serious and complex problems that affect millions of young men and women all over the world. But so many people don't actually understand them. For example, it's a common misconception that eating disorders are just about food, But they're actually about so much more than that. Also that it often stem from feelings of low self esteem, depression, anxiety, or in her case, being teased and ridiculed for her weight. She also believes that a big contributing factor to these feelings is the pressure that's out there to meet impossible standards.
There are 3 types of eating disorders, which are Anorexia, Bulimia and Binge-eating. I know what it felt like to have an eating disorder, I starved myself because I was very insecure of how I looked, all of the things I have experienced and because of the bullying I had to go through, starving myself was the only solution I had, which I thought was the easiest way out of bullying.
You can get help, you can get it by telling someone of your disorder and of the bullying you get. I got the same help Demi got when she was suffering from the eating disorder she had. After I got the help I needed, I was and am still the happy girl. Be happy with the body you have, all my life, I had body issues and I thought that starving myself was the only solution, like I said. It isn't and it won't be, because it isn't worth it. I also surround myself with great people and these people also helped me get over my disorder, it was very hard at first, but now I am eating very healthy.
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