McPhee Of Idol Show Has Bulimia...

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

Anorexia and bulemia are strongly related to other obsessive disorders like OCD. So in some way you're correct, it it doesn't manifest itself in this way it will likely manifest itself in another.

I understand you're point about other people's standards contributing to the eating disorders. I think they do. But as you point out here, it's a mental disorder. It would continue even without outside stimulus.

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Originally Posted by listopencil

I understand you're point about other people's standards contributing to the eating disorders. I think they do. But as you point out here, it's a mental disorder. It would continue even without outside stimulus.

The mental disorder would continue without outside stimulus - true.

It might not manifest itself as an eating disorder, however.

For instance, my mother and her twin sister both have OCD. My mother is a "cleaner". Her house is immaculate - she vacuums at least once a day EVERY day. My aunt is a "germophobe". Lysol, anti-bacterical soap, the whole bit. Both of them have a similar mental disorder, a genetic predisposition to OCD. Several people in my family have it. Including their mother.

Their mother was a farm wife. To say the house was "disorganized" is probably being kind. She couldn't have been farther from the "cleaner" and "germophobe" archetypes. So why did they manifest the way they did? Could it be the environment they grew up in?

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

The mental disorder would continue without outside stimulus - true.

It might not manifest itself as an eating disorder, however.

For instance, my mother and her twin sister both have OCD. My mother is a "cleaner". Her house is immaculate - she vacuums at least once a day EVERY day. My aunt is a "germophobe". Lysol, anti-bacterical soap, the whole bit. Both of them have a similar mental disorder, a genetic predisposition to OCD. Several people in my family have it. Including their mother.

Their mother was a farm wife. To say the house was "disorganized" is probably being kind. She couldn't have been farther from the "cleaner" and "germophobe" archetypes. So why did they manifest the way they did? Could it be the environment they grew up in?

Hmmm...

So you became a network admin nazi, and BB mod...how interesting!

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Originally Posted by coryt

Hmmm...

So you became a network admin nazi, and BB mod...how interesting!

Interestingly enough, I don't have OCD. Years of living with an obsessive cause me to develop ADD.

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

The mental disorder would continue without outside stimulus - true.

It might not manifest itself as an eating disorder, however.

For instance, my mother and her twin sister both have OCD. My mother is a "cleaner". Her house is immaculate - she vacuums at least once a day EVERY day. My aunt is a "germophobe". Lysol, anti-bacterical soap, the whole bit. Both of them have a similar mental disorder, a genetic predisposition to OCD. Several people in my family have it. Including their mother.

Their mother was a farm wife. To say the house was "disorganized" is probably being kind. She couldn't have been farther from the "cleaner" and "germophobe" archetypes. So why did they manifest the way they did? Could it be the environment they grew up in?

Sure, I understand that. The human mind is incredibly complex and I have no idea why people develop particular compulsions over others. I think once the compulsion is developed it's not going to morph into another direction without some serious therapy, though. I don't believe a person with an eating disorder would respond by converting it because no one else is there to compare herself to.

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Originally Posted by listopencil

Sure, I understand that. The human mind is incredibly complex and I have no idea why people develop particular compulsions over others. I think once the compulsion is developed it's not going to morph into another direction without some serious therapy, though. I don't believe a person with an eating disorder would respond by converting it because no one else is there to compare herself to.

Ah, I wasn't implying that a person with an eating disorder would CHANGE. Sorry. I was implying they likely wouldn't develop an eating disorder in the 1st place.