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Anorexia nervosa involves a great fear of obesity and harbors self-attack, because we believe that we are overweight.
Anorexia nervosa is believed to be a psychological condition in which progressive loss of appetite starves the body, which can eventually lead to death.
It is the result of lost bonding, distorted perception and a need for love as well as self-acceptance. Anorexia is a dissociated form of independence combined with a need for approval and specialness.
These feelings stem from the belief that we are unloved and unacceptable and, therefore, we create self-judgment, self-rejection and self-attack.
We are caught by societal norms that have become distorted and exaggerated. We are harrowed by feelings of inferiority and the need for acceptance. We are experiencing a crisis in self-esteem, and yet at the same time we are perfectionists.
Feeling we have no value, we desperately need love, yet are not able to receive it. We feel such a lack of self-worth, while being cut off from ourselves, that we do not allow ourselves to have food, which is a metaphor for love and nurturing.
Both anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are a destructive form of trying to get attention and love. In both cases we have unresolved feelings of shame, especially about our body, and so we take on false societal values and carry them to an extreme.
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© Chuck Spezzano and Janie Ticehurst 2005
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