By Emily Bonham Posted June 2, 2010
Everyone knows that Hollywood stars and celebrities go to incredible lengths to look the best. Young girls often look up to these people and want to look that good. When they can’t look that good they go to lengths that they wouldn’t normally go to. In the last decade, male teens are starting to try looking as good as male celebrities. They go to the same lengths as girls or even worse. The condition when people go to the most extreme is often called anorexia or bulimia. They are both eating disorders that are similar but also have many differences.
According to midterm.com anorexia is an eating disorder where a person reduces or suppresses their appetite. Often in this disorder, they start out as casual dieting but they don’t see any results. That leads to not eating or eating barely enough food to keep you alive. They continue this until starvation. Anorexia is like an addiction to a drug, you obsess over not eating until you kill yourself. Other complications caused by this disorder include cardiac arrest, brain atrophy, osteoporosis, and tooth loss.
Bulimia is an eating disorder where the person eats a lot then they will make themselves purge or excessively exercise. Like anorexia, this disorder is also like an addiction. They love eating all that food then getting rid of it as fast as they can. With this disorder, they will over-exercise so they can get any calories that they didn’t get out of their body from purging. Many people who are bulimic have also been diagnosed with depression or some type of anxiety disorder. Like anorexia, there are also treatments for bulimia. One treatment choice is called cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) which includes keeping a diary of thoughts, behaviors, evaluations, and beliefs to help them deal with whatever problem they are facing. The good news is that there are rehabilitation facilities that can help you get over this disorder. You don’t need to have these disorders for your whole life. You can get help and get over the thing that is taking over your life.
