In recent times, "size zero" has become a fashion statement, with women of all ages and sizes flocking slimming clinics to attain their weight goal. What few realise is that there could actually be a serious psychological disturbance behind their efforts.
So can this obsession be linked to anorexia? Anorexia, medically termed anorexia nervosa, is a complex psychological disorder that goes beyond the size zero fixation. One may assume that anorexics are giddy-headed, weight-obsessed women who take size consciousness to another extreme. But anorexia is, in fact, a deadly breakdown of logical thinking, finally leading to physical collapse.
Psychiatrists describe anorexia as more of a disturbance in the psyche than a physical problem. More than lack of appetite, it's the internal conflict of a disturbed and distorted body image which starts at an early age and later manifests in starving the body.
According to Dr Parul Tank, consulting psychiatrist at Godrej and Wockhardt hospitals, "Anorexic girls usually have personality problems and face tremendous pressure from their family environments too."
Experts say anorexics typically come from dominating and controlling families, mostly with overbearing mothers. But it is hard to tell whether the mothers develop such a nature as a response to the self-starvation of their daughters.
Anorexia usually starts off with the desire to look super-slim and the tremendous pressure among young girls to fit into their peer group obsessed with looks and glamour.
Also, once an anorexic moves into this cycle, it's easy to maintain it. They will either eat less or purge all of what they eat from their body forcibly. The various slimming options easily available in the market make losing weight much easier too.
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