Saw this thread and some of the comments about eating disorders. From what I’ve read and definitely experienced eating disorders are not solely genetic, but often societal issues.
In countries and societies where rotundness is beautiful they’re no historical documented cases of these disorders, but now as countries like Fiji are getting more exposure to Western culture and Western standards they are seeing their first cases pop up in the last few years. You can Google it and see that the first year Fiji got satellite TV they documented their first cases of these disorders.
The Caribbean island of Curaçao is another country that appreciates curvy women and ten years ago they could only find 6 cases of anorexia.
Asian countries are also seeing in the last 10 years more cases of eating disorders as Western culture values have encroached where they had no documented cases previously.
Eating disorders also typically follow personality, job (ballet/gymnastics) and economic types- where alcoholism and drug addiction doesn’t. Maybe certain drugs stereotypically fall into different economic classes; crack/meth- lower class, cocaine- upper class; bulimia and anorexia have stayed on path with middle/ upper class high achievers seeking perceived perfection.
Also, the ratio of men to women who suffer from these disorders; who statistically feels more pressure to be more thin and model like.
Emotional/physical abuse by caregivers can definitely create a bulimic/anorexic.
The purging /starving process can be a drug in that it can be euphoric, but my whole point…I don’t think these disorders are solely genetic. Just my two cents 🙂
Sorry about your friend Brian- dealing with an alcoholic neighbor. At first it was funny, but after a couple of days I realized…there was nothing funny about it at all.
