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Why Do People Develop Eating Disorders?
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Disordered Eating in Athletes
Video taken from the channel: Association for Applied Sport Psychology
Eating Disorders & Young Athletes
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How an eating disorder develops: Madi O’Dell’s story
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An Eating Disorder Specialist Explains How Trauma Creates Food Disorders
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Athletes tend to be highly competitive and disciplined individuals who go to great lengths to excel in their sports. This personality type combined with the expectations of teammates and coaches as well as spectators may make them at a higher risk of developing an eating disorder.Eating Disorders & Athletes Sports that emphasize appearance, weight requirements, or muscularity (gymnastics, diving, bodybuilding, or wrestling).
Sports that focus on the individual rather than the entire team (gymnastics, running, figure skating, dance or diving, Endurance sports such as track.Living in a culture that idealizes a fit body shape, praises self-control over diet, and rewards perfectionism can trigger many individuals to pursue eating disorder behaviors as a way to create a sense of safety, accomplishment and emotional regulation. This is.Sports and eating disorders Eating disorders tend to affect female athletes and girls more often than males.
But boys can also have eating disorders. Young male and female athletes tend to be at a greater risk for having an eating disorder if they play sports that focus on personal performance, appearance, diet, and weight requirements.Female athletes with a genetic predisposition to eating disorders may develop them as a result of restricting calories in an attempt to be thin.
They may do so in order to please coaches and judges, or because they believe that it allows them a competitive advantage.Why are sports people so susceptible to eating disorders? 1 March 2018. With Eating Disorder Awareness Week in full swing, Loughborough academic and international athlete Dr Carolyn Plateau has shared her thoughts on why athletes are more susceptible to eating disorders than the rest of the population, and what we can do to reduce and prevent them.
Sportsmen and women develop eating disorders for the same reasons that others do. There may be individual genetic and/or psychological vulnerability, socio-cultural pressures relating to diet, food and body image and non-specific psychological stressors which can act as trigger events.Eating disorders have risen drastically in the last ten years, especially among young female athletes. Athletes obviously have to perform publicly in highly competitive situations, but this is something that, for the most part, they enjoy. But too much outside pressure can lead to many negatives, including eating disorders.
Journal of eating disorders, 2(1), 1. ATHLETES. In a study of Division 1 NCAA athletes, over one-third of female athletes reported attitudes and symptoms placing them at risk for anorexia nervosa. Johnson, C. Powers, P.S., and Dick, R. Athletes and Eating Disorders: The National Collegiate Athletic Association Study, Int J Eat Disord 1999; 6:179.Genetic predisposition: An unexpected risk factor for athletes with eating disorders could be their genetic makeup.
Like with substance abuse or other mental illnesses, an athlete’s genetic predisposition could make them much more likely to be affected by an eating disorder.Athletes who develop eating disorders can not only become less competitive and more prone to injury, they also risk permanent physical damage that may even be life-threatening. The following are some signs that an athlete may have an eating disorder: Repetitive exercise or over exercise.
Specialized Treatment for Athletes with Eating Disorders. Roberta Trattner Sherman, Ph.D. and Ron Thompson, Ph.D. were pioneers when it came to treating athletes with eating disorders. They had a vision to provide residential treatment for athletes that was supportive both of recovery AND the option to return to competition.
Eating disorders, such as anorexia or bulimia, are often found in athletes – a group in which they reach alarming rates. The sports culture, with its emphasize on optimal body size or shape for optimal performance, is many times an influencing factor in developing such a condition.Additional studies suggest that the prevalence of disordered eating behaviours (such as binging, using saunas, taking laxatives or diuretics, self-inducing vomiting, etc) is higher in the college-aged population, even in the absence of a formal eating disorder diagnosis.15 Similar to the trend in eating disorder prevalence, athletes in lean sports exhibited more disordered eating behaviours than.Mood Disorders. Bipolar Disorder; Depression; Anxiety Disorders/Trauma.
Anxiety & Panic Disorder; Anxiety Disorder; PTSD Treatment; Dual Diagnosis. Anxiety/Mood Disorder and Eating Disorder; Eating Disorder and Substance Abuse; Anxiety/Mood Disorder and Substance Abuse; Pilot Program. Evaluation; Active Duty Military and Veterans Services.
List of related literature:
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from Practical Applications In Sports Nutrition BOOK ALONE | |
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from Understanding Sport Organizations: Applications for Sport Managers | |
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from Sports Nutrition for Endurance Athletes, 3rd Ed. | |
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from Rehabilitation of the Hand and Upper Extremity, E-Book | |
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from Physiology of Sport and Exercise | |
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from Health and Wellness | |
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from Positive Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychology: Clinical Applications | |
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from Alters and Schiff Essential Concepts for Healthy Living | |
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from Sports & Exercise Massage E-Book: Comprehensive Care in Athletics, Fitness, & Rehabilitation | |
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from Krause’s Food & the Nutrition Care Process, Mea Edition E-Book |
77 comments
I’ve had a complete loss of appetite. I’ve always wanted to be thinner. But I want to be able to eat again and have an appetite
Eating disorders are about control. We have no control anywhere else, so we control our diet. We’re not even realizing we’re doing it at first. It just becomes. Unless you experience it…you just don’t get it. We have to decide to get better for ourselves. No one can do it for us.
A question for other people in recovery from an eating disorder (specifically anorexia or EDNOS): do you think your eating disorder will ever truly be gone? Or is it something that just gets more manageable/less severe over time?
I have my own opinion but am interested as to what others with similar experiences think.
am i the only that logically knows all these things yet still has an ed? like i know that food is not really the problem, it’s just my mechanism so i don’t have to deal with my inner issues. it’s just a way to fake acceptance, comfort, safety, and ease for my anxiety and need for control. i know that the only way to recover is to stop focusing on the food and start focusing on myself and the things that made me recurr to that mechanism in the first place (al thought i still haven’t figured out the root cause yet, like why did i even start? i know i have hated my body since i was 8 years old and realized i had one). i logically know all these things, but i can’t seem to put them into practice
I’m going to bring this topic up at my next therapy appointment. thank you!
I’ve had selective eating disorder my whole life and everything she said was so accurate about how I feel
Is me eating papa johns bbq chicken pizza with garlic sauce & pepsi when im sad an eating disorder?
Damn. I should pick up a disorder just so I can talk to her lol
I always thought that people who overeat or have binge eating disorders were effected by emotional neglect in particular. We’re in pain emotionally and get called lazy stupid ugly and fat for feeling unworthy and it’s a cycle man. So hard to break, because everyone around us reaffirms our idea that we are not worthy.
I remember being 11 and 12 years old and developing anorexia. I was bullied by a large group of girls at the new school I attended every single day. I was in a fight basically every day for the entire time I went to that school… I wouldnt eat at lunch, I didnt care about eating breakfast, and I chose not to eat supper because what was the point? I had no appetite whatsoever.
I distinctly remember my teacher reading us a book about a girl who had an eating disorder. I took that book home and used it as a tool on how to better “control” my eating disorder. I used it as a way to learn how to keep my eating disorder a secret, how to lose more weight, and what to do about food I didn’t want to eat…
Finally, my family had decided to move and I was placed in a different school. My new friends had began noticing how I never ate and how skinny I was getting… and they voiced their concern. That’s when I finally began allowing myself to eat a little bit. Eventually, I began eating more often and finally I began gaining a healthy amount of weight…
But all in all, trauma DOES create eating disorders. The trauma of the racism and being bullied had made me anorexic. Please, teach your children to love others and to embrace peoples differences so this doesnt happen to anyone else.
Thank you.
Brb gonna show this to my mom bc last time I tried to tell her she said “but you’re skinny you have nothing to worry about” then yelled bc she didn’t understand
Spot on with everything she said.
Sadly, eating disorders are still something that is not really talked about.
I have BPD,C-PTSD, and eating disorder.and when i was suffering with bulimia,my mother and a certain psychiatrist often said to me,”i’m ashamed of you!!”and then she always screamed at me.
now, i cannot eat with someone. i hide, and eat all alone.
the words they said to me still echo me…..forever.
Can somebody please please recommend anything on audible for food/ trauma education?
I had some sort of restrictive eating disorder as a control mechanism before I was diagnosed with PTSD.
It was a coping mechanism to regain some control in my life. There was no drive to being thin, even though I lost weight.
I made sure I had the right amount of vitamins and minerals per day, with the minimal amount of calorie intake.
It was a way I could have absolute control over something at a time when I felt I’d lost all control over everything else in my life.
My minimum was 500kcal/day, because I knew I needed at least that much to function, and to take in all the nutrients I needed. My maximum allowed was 1000kcal/day.
When I got treatment for my PTSD, my ED symptoms slowly melted away. Because it felt normal to me, I never told my psychologist or psychiatrist about my ED symptoms. I feel very lucky they mostly went away despite that.
From time to time, when I get stressed out, I find myself obsessing over food and restricting kcal, but the instances are now few and far between.
Therapy works.
Treatment works. You just have to find the right one for you. Sadly, there’s no one-size-fits-all treatment.
Is anyone else’s “food phobia” not being able to mix there foods together? Ex. Not being able to mix noodles with meat. I’m sorry if this doesn’t make sense
I do what I do because it’s the only thing that makes me feel better
i’m not necessarily a picky eater, but i get super picky with what i’m eating based on how i’m feeling. even if i like the food, i couldn’t eat AT ALL if i’m not digging it
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I wish I would of had this lady to talk to, my parents were not accepting of me being bulimic. My mother belittled me and made me feel guilty of having an ED. Every time my parents tried to talk to me it would always end in tears, shouting and arguing with nothing resolved.
Agree with her 100%! I shared my full journey from anorexia to doctor on my channel for anyone interested in things from the view of the person with the ED.
so if foods aren’t good or bad, then fruits and veggies are no better than pizza and ice cream?
She reminds me of my calculus teacher….who gave me trauma….just had to say that
I’ve been suffering from ARFID for awhile now. I never realised there was a term for this type of eating disorder. I always thought “I don’t starve myself. I don’t binge regularly so that’s not an eating disorder” But I seriously do have an issue with eating, it’s turning into OCD or starving myself when I indulge in sweet or carbs (even if it’s just one cookie) or I overeat then spew up☹️
The standard to be model skinny in America doesn’t even make sense to me lol. Why is being biologically unhealthy and biologically “unattractive”, the standard? Who came up with that?
I feel like I can’t say that I ever had an eating disorder because I was never diagnosed and was never underweight:/ I lost my period, was extremely obsessed with food and restriction, built up so much anxiety around what I ate, etc. still haven’t gotten over some of these things:(
My friend just told me that she has had an ED for many years. I’m trying to understand how she might feel and what she’s going through. I’m the only one she has told!!! Please!!!If you have any advice on how to help her,how to talk to her about it(what to avoid),how she might feel,and generally what I can do for her! Leave me your comments!!!Thank you!!♥️
I’ve been at a loss as to how to support some of my dearest friends with this for a while and this video was extremely useful in understanding eating disorders, thank you!
Hi! To be honest I was on the verge of succumbing to my inner voice but here’s my story, I was very much aware of the fact that there are eating disorders and I might experience it, I didn’t really care much or I’m sure I wouldn’t have an eating disorder. But then one day my auntie commented “You seem to be putting on weight” and that is where it went down I started restricting then feeling good but then I’d overeat on the weekends, I never wanted that, I was just on an endless cycle of restricting and binging, I know that the weight that I put on can possibly be just water retention but I would always think “I still put on weight” that’s just a toxic mindset, gaining weight is inevitable, I never wanted to think like that I never wanted to have that toxic mentality, I just wanted to look good.
Before it even gets worse I pushed myself to get out of that cycle. I know that I might’ve gain weight but I know that it’s only water retention and It will go away I pushed myself to have a better mentality and If I were to want to lose weight I’d do it with positive thoughts and do it the healthy way.
Please always be considerate to what you say to others, Just a few words can shatter someone’s life and progress. Love your body for what it does not on how it looks like
Today marks 30 days of abstinence for me from Compulsive Over Eating and Binge Eating Disorder. I am am in recovery and I am just praying for 30 more days. Having an eating disorder is excruciating and humiliating, and all I want is to get better.. to be normal. But in order to do that, I have no choice but to surrender and allow myself to just focus on today. Not next week, next month, next year; just today. And that’s how I’ll get through, one day (and one meal) at a time.
For me my ed was about control bc my religious family was super controlling about everything in my life. From the way i dressed to who i was allowed to talk to. I developed it at the age of 12 and im 25 now. When i moved out i started to eat normally without me even thinking about it. Sometimes i find myself restricting again but its way better now. I hope one day im 100% better. Remember to treat your body kindly is something i tell myself when im struggling. I hope everyone who struggles with an ed is able to be free of it.
I’m happy she talks about ARFID because I’ve suffered for the past 2 years and I stopped seeing a therapist, I gave up because it wasn’t helping. It’s a shitty place to be in, society thinks an eating disorder is just teen girls who want to be skinny but it’s SO much deeper than that!!
Surely the term ‘picky eater’ is problematic in itself? There has to be a better term. I am no food psychologist but isn’t that a no brainer? So there’s a scale of anxiety when it comes to going outside your comfort zone when it comes to foods and it’s not a sliding scale? Utter tosh. Anxiety is relative to the person. This interview is not ‘for’ people with eating disorders but ‘for’ those who dont suffer so they can feel like they can grasp some concept of it. For someone with an eating disorder this video did not inspire me nor did I feel it represented me. Am I the only one?
Ive just had a breakdown because yesterday i ate 1400 calories instead of 800 calories which is my safe zone
I wonder how ed therapists remain unaffected by the thought process of ed like it seems impossible to me that someone can be aware of that thought process and be able to not let it affect their eating habit idk
Thank you for this.. There is a HUGE PROBLEM with access to treatment. HUGE. I spent a lot of time researching eating disorder centers and grants or sponsorships and i can tell you there is nothing. Treatment can cost from 800 to 1000’s of $$ a day which no one can afford. Its insane.
I have some major issues with food that fit the boxes of OSFED but I don’t have a diagnosis and I’m really struggling and I don’t really know what to do. It’s getting worse as I’m having to deal with my childhood trauma at the moment
Yes yes yes. I used to overeat bc of physical abuse i went through. Learned that in therapy.
im in an edu at the moment and it kinda shocked me to find out that pretty much everyone here (and me) has had some sort of very significant trauma that caused most of their issues. people don’t often realise how complex it really is
I was bulimic for 23 years and then Jesus healed me and set me free from depression and suicidal thoughts. Cry out to Lord Jesus for help and He will answer. For other great healing testimonies check out Mark Hemans youtube.
Yeah, the trauma that tells us we aren’t worth anything but our looks from the minute we are born
My sister has an eating disorder and she actually wants to be sick. she says that she wants protruding ribs and to look sick. So I’m confused as to why, in most other cases people want to get better?
She mentioned ARFID!! I’ve had it since I was a little child and never knew what it was until last year, because no food therapist I ever talked to even knew what it was. They thought I was anorexic because I only ate certain things, but I never wanted to be thin (rather the opposite, I was always uncomfortable in my very thin/petite body). Then it was binge eating, because I would only certain foods but because I could ‘only eat’ certain foods, I would eat large amounts of them. Now I finally know what it is and I can do a lot of self-imposed food therapy to help myself like more foods.
I have had foster kids and most of them have eating disorders. My adopted son was starved by his biological parents, so he thinks its positive to not eat. He was punished by not receiving food.
As someone who had severe eating disorders for roughly 15 years but overcame it and has been healthy for almost 7 years now, I want to say that it’s possible to get through it and get better. If you’re suffering from eating disorders please don’t give up. You’ll get through it.
One factor that I think may contribute to eating disorders is gluten sensitivity which has similar symptoms to celiac but without the intestinal damage gluten seems to be problematic for some people and I fear that many of those people may fall into the eating disorder category.
It would be ideal if it were purely psychosomatic because that would at least empower the individual; the difficulty with this is that those experiencing actual negative symptoms would find it difficult to accept that those symptoms are produced more by their relationship to the food than the actual food itself, however, this is somewhat speculative on my part.
Because of the ol virus, I haven’t been able to see my nutritionist or therapist (you need licenses or permits or something to have online sessions) and as someone with a mild eating disorder, it has been really difficult to cope without support. My god this video is exactly what I needed. Thank you vice.
I was doing so good but was called fat today by my parents. All my hard work down the toilet. I feel like I will never get better..
SO HAPPY to finally see a credited specialist talk about ARFID on YouTube!
I think that any type of food makes me fat and gain weight. Im actually underweight for my height.
It sure would be nice to have a 3 person treatment team like she describes. I’m sure the average person can’t afford that. I had to overcome bulimia by myself:(
For me and I think a lot of other people, it’s kind of a way to gain control where there is none. I mean, that’s mostly what eating disorders are about. Control.
literally all my aunts and uncles and cousins notice when i visit is my weight. so i decided to starve myself. when they saw me at my lowest they wondered if i was sick. still commenting about what i look like… and now they wonder why i havent seen them in 4 years
I would’ve liked her to talk about other EDs besides the typical, because otherwise every time people think about ED it’s related to what one chooses to eat / not to eat when actually there’s EDs where your body physically rejects food, it’s not you who consciously does it. There’s so many kinds of ED that don’t necessarily involve body image or aversion to certain foods. If this was a more common talk, it would help people with ED awareness.
I think I was born with my eating disorder. When I was 4 I went through a phase where I wouldn’t wear coats bc I thought they made me look fat. The reason I resisted going to treatment at 17 was because I didn’t think I was sick enough or thin enough to deserve to go. Like I hadn’t suffered enough yet or something.
I have struggled with an eating disorder for years! I recently started my YouTube journey sharing my struggle with it! I welcome anyone to check it out! I’m looking to offer support!
im shocked that she mentioned that some people can’t afford treatment. how crazy is that? America you need a better health care system!
As someone who suffers from comstent hunger and is kind of expected to somehow control my weight its good to hear from an expert because I have to be aware I could develop an eating disorder if I’m not careful.
I had an eating disorder after I was beat up by my ex and left him because it shocked me and my self esteem was so low. I was losing 1-2 pounds a day and I remember my aunt cooked me this really good meal and I had one bite and felt so sick. I started working on my eating disorder and haven’t been back. 5/6 years ago.
I am a recovery channel! Thankyou so much for this! I have always tried to detach trauma and the ED so then I can fully recover!!!! Your amazing
It’s ironic how much eating disorders are not actually about food.
I have had an ED since high school. I am now 23. I have luckily gone months without falling prey to the physical compulsions of my eating disorder (I no longer binge and purge) however I have body dysmorphia, and when I am extremely depressed my first instinct is to v*mit. That’s what’s so messed up about this. The disorder became a form of self-harm for me. I want to do this to myself because I’m hurting inside and it’s the most physical way I can feel like I am removing whatever is inside me. However obviously you can’t p*ke out your feelings.
This should be one of the more popular videos on the internet so helpful thank you
Best wishes friend. I understand the mental disorder and wish you nothing but the best. So much support for you.
Not eating always made me feel in control when life felt the most out of control.
I don’t have an eating disorder but with my depression I only have 2 methods of eating. I either restrict and eat too little or eat so much I feel sick. It differs based on how mild or severe my depression is.
Imagine doing something you hate, something you are really embarrassed to do, every single day, multiple times a day in front of other people. That’s me with food. Its a battle every day. I hate eating.
I cannot go on social media the comments about food make me not able to eat I’m now eating at 10:30 as a friend was trying to make me go on it. Her friend had binge eating disorder and I cannot do that as I’ve got both. Just about the right weight but very difficult.
I’ve heard that there’s a suggested link between being Autism spectrum and developing eating disorders, and the OCD thinking patterns all align
Wow, she is sharp as a tack! It’s inspiring to see people this effective working in our (often broken and outdated) mental health system
I absolutely love this video, but can we please start bringing up obesity as well, and how people grow up using food to numb and dissociate further from their trauma. All I ever hear about is bulimia, anorexia, restriction. Don’t get me wrong, it’s just as important. But people already feel like shit for being targeted due to their weight, we don’t deserve the invalidation from the mental health field too. I have DID and was bullied for my big size all the way through education. To already be traumatized and lose your childhood, to then having people put you down further is literally destroying lives and increasing suicide. I’ve been housebound for years, I do not want to go out and be present in the world. But I’m at least seeing a trauma and dissociation specialist now. Society NEEDS to become more trauma-informed. We need to talk about all the co-morbid issues that come along with it too; depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, self-harm, eating disorders, substance abuse, to name just a few. But change is happening slowly and I’m at least happy about that.
How do you come up with and research the topics? That’s the kind of job I want!
before i had my strokes I would eat anything but tomato’s that’s because raw tomato’s would break me out. but after my stroke pretty much anything green turns my stomach just from the smell. and mustard is now so nasty to me I wont even allow it in my house. last month my G/F was cooking cabbage as I was taking a nap. and it woke me up and I started throwing up until I got outside away from the smell. but I use to eat it all the time. I mean cook it and give it to me you could eat everything else. but also potted meat I could take it or leave it. now I love the stuff I can’t get enough of it.
Would’ve been nice if she mentioned that not all ppl with ED are super thin
I wish I could listen to these more accurately while driving lol
Everything she said is common sense…. Deosnt take a PHD to talk about it.
I hope to one day overcome my ARFID and not spend hours being anxious about what food I’ll be eating next. It is miserable to spend every day spending most of my waking day thinking about what I “can/can’t” eat, often leading myself down a rabbit hole of anger, self-loathing, dehydration and hunger.