I looked at several you tube videos to try and understand what the girls/women that are suffering eating disorders are going through. Even though they are dangerously thin and are seeing all these health issues, such as having osteoporosis at age 22, and being infertile, they still see themselves as overweight. There was a girl who has lived with this disease for ten years and has gone into treatment three times and has relapsed. However, there are stories of other girls who have recovered. The video does not indicate whether they had family support and what type of treatment they had.
I know that society has instilled this feeling of being thin and has created the “thinspiration movement”. How and when did it get out of hand? I wonder if there were any eating disorders long before our time. Mental illness is a major part of this disease because the person is not seeing their real self. Treatment seems difficult since there are many that may or have relapsed, however recovery can be attained.
There definitely does need to be more of awareness about this so that girls/women do not fall victims of eating disorders. I feel that motivational speaker and therapy may help girls/women become mentally stronger. This needs to start at a young age through the parents so that the child will not have low self esteem. Workshops such as the ones the dove foundation has a self esteem fund. The dove web site indicates that 7 in 10 girls feel that they do not measure up in some way, 75% of girls with low self esteem engage in unhealthy practices, and 57% of their mothers criticize their own looks.The following video is a video I found about anorexia and how the mind distorts reality:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcN-ijsoAw0&feature=related
The Dove Foundation:
http://www.dove.us/#/makeadifference/tour.aspx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcN-ijsoAw0&feature=related
The Dove Foundation:
http://www.dove.us/#/makeadifference/tour.aspx
This link you will see what you dont see to get that perfect picture on a magazine, billboard,etc:
This link shows what the media is telling your daughters
I agree. I too watched a video on eating disprders. Often times, many of these girls do relapse. Some even loose their lives. I think that if the media and society did not make weight such a big issue, that many lives would be saved.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the Dove campaign information. I believe that most of our health issues started when we were young and were developing low self esteem. I'm glad to see a company that is stepping up and helping young girls to have a healthy self image, and therefore a healthier more productive life.
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