EATING DISORDERS
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No single cause of
eating disorders has been identified. Causes are particular to each
individual and may arise as an unhealthy coping strategy to avoid
difficult and painful emotional issues; a way of asserting control
over your life or as a reaction to stress. Often the disorder will
develop as a result of unresolved feelings that span back over a
number of years or following a series of events that make a person
feel that they are no longer able to cope. These could include life
events and personal or family situations such as:
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Family
problems; |
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Sexual
or emotional abuse; |
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Problems at work or school; |
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Striving to be a perfectionist; |
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Lack of
close friends; |
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The
belief that to be successful or loved you have to be thin |
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Eagerness to please others; |
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Fear of
growing up. |
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