tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post8307854846889657757..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Is Bulimia Contagious?Stuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-85180673846221831052017-09-06T18:00:51.599-07:002017-09-06T18:00:51.599-07:00Calvin Klein and Dior hardest hit.Calvin Klein and Dior hardest hit.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-49827823691854145192017-09-06T12:15:30.315-07:002017-09-06T12:15:30.315-07:00Di and KC had that "lean and hungry look"...Di and KC had that "lean and hungry look" Shakespeare talked about. Anyway, life is too short to dance with ugly women.Jack Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873320680596889057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-10647016211603510322017-09-06T11:18:59.128-07:002017-09-06T11:18:59.128-07:00Anorexia and bulimia are not the same.And KC was n...Anorexia and bulimia are not the same.And KC was not a celebrity at anything like the level that Di was.Stuart Schneidermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-34076726320655348072017-09-06T11:16:45.726-07:002017-09-06T11:16:45.726-07:00Karen Carpenter died from anorexia well before Dia...Karen Carpenter died from anorexia well before Diana, Princess of Wales, came on the scene.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-10950660036833700012017-09-06T10:52:54.712-07:002017-09-06T10:52:54.712-07:00How many women read, or looked at, PLAYBOY? I'...How many women read, or looked at, PLAYBOY? I'm guessing feminism was part of the problem.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-57807970603507704312017-09-06T07:02:45.945-07:002017-09-06T07:02:45.945-07:00I don't know if contagion is the right idea. I...I don't know if contagion is the right idea. I'd call Bulimia a strategy of meeting two divergent desires - a desire to eat, and a desire to have the right look.<br /><br />It certainly makes sense that if you see a seemingly successful person follow a strategy, that others are more likely to follow it.<br /><br />We could equally ask if running or athletics is contagious? And for that matter, exercise is used by many people to try to offset a desire to eat more without gaining weight. It's certainly a more difficult strategy that vomiting, since its a lot easier to vomit 3000 calories than to run a marathon to burn it off. You can vomit every day, but running a marathon every day is much harder, and time consuming.<br /><br />Perhaps Bulimia is more than just a desire to eat without gaining weight. Perhaps it is also a distorted self-evaluation that sets an unrealistic standard for what one should look like. And comparing yourself to others must be part of the problem. Maybe 1% or 10% of women can be health and superskinny, but if the other 90% look to that 10% as the standard, that's going to be a problem.<br /><br />I can see why some might see "self esteem" as the issue as well. A person with high self esteem may be able to resist those irrational fears that cause compulsive strategies like Bulimia. So maybe Bulimia isn't the problem, but a symptom of other problems that need addressing anyway.<br />Ares Olympushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726811306826601686noreply@blogger.com