It's interesting how most of the commenters are PARENTS and not ED sufferers themselves. I wouldn't necessarily say I had "boundary" violations, whatever the F that means. "Boundary violations" sounds like some New Age liberal white hippie term. That being said, I did have some abuse issues going on. I find it VERY telling that the parents of children with EDs are screaming so loudly and shrilly here. Why not allow some ED sufferers to have a voice? I wonder why it's the PARENTS who are being so publicly loud and histrionic while the ED patients are messaging this author privately to have discussions. Do you people have attention or ego issues?
I think eating disorders are caused by a combination of biology and environment. I FIRMLY believe that genetics is ONE important factor, but NOT the ONLY factor in eating disoders. I think some people are genetically more vulnerable to being more anxious, depressed or obsessive and that stress (which does not necessarily have to be rooted in bad parenting, btw) can trigger an ED or some other mental illness. And to the snotty parents who dismiss the psychosocial factors and talk about how "science" proves that EDs are biologically based illness, I would like to say, ever heard of EPIGENETICS. There is so much SCIENTIFIC research showing that LIFE EXPERIENCES can leave PHYSICAL imprints on the brain. Ever heard of PTSD? The brains of PTSD patients look very different from the brains of "normal" controls. There are so many other scientific studies out there.
It's funny how you lambast this author for being a crackpot who ignores science yet some of you seem to conveniently ignore the science yourselves or you interpret scientific journal articles to your own liking.
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It's interesting how most of the commenters are PARENTS and not ED sufferers themselves. I wouldn't necessarily say I had "boundary" violations, whatever the F that means. "Boundary violations" sounds like some New Age liberal white hippie term. That being said, I did have some abuse issues going on. I find it VERY telling that the parents of children with EDs are screaming so loudly and shrilly here. Why not allow some ED sufferers to have a voice? I wonder why it's the PARENTS who are being so publicly loud and histrionic while the ED patients are messaging this author privately to have discussions. Do you people have attention or ego issues?
I think eating disorders are caused by a combination of biology and environment. I FIRMLY believe that genetics is ONE important factor, but NOT the ONLY factor in eating disoders. I think some people are genetically more vulnerable to being more anxious, depressed or obsessive and that stress (which does not necessarily have to be rooted in bad parenting, btw) can trigger an ED or some other mental illness. And to the snotty parents who dismiss the psychosocial factors and talk about how "science" proves that EDs are biologically based illness, I would like to say, ever heard of EPIGENETICS. There is so much SCIENTIFIC research showing that LIFE EXPERIENCES can leave PHYSICAL imprints on the brain. Ever heard of PTSD? The brains of PTSD patients look very different from the brains of "normal" controls. There are so many other scientific studies out there.
It's funny how you lambast this author for being a crackpot who ignores science yet some of you seem to conveniently ignore the science yourselves or you interpret scientific journal articles to your own liking.
November 1, 2009 - 9:34amThis Comment
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