The medical community has stated for years there is a strong connection between ED and SH. Most physicians even say ED is a form of SH. I'd really like to hear your personal opinions on this subject. Do you believe there may be a root cause of both ED and SH such as a genetic code or do you believe SH is just a tool to help manage your ED? What about the reverse. If someone who has struggled with SH for many years but never any eating problems suddenly started starving themselves and enjoying that initial euphoria, would they automatically have an ED? If not, are they more likely to develop an ED then a normal person? This is a subject I've been curious about for a long time.
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I've self harmed for much longer than I've had an ed. I started self harming in about 1st grade- I distinctly remember it. I started developing an ed my senior year of hs.
I feel like not everyone who self harms is vulnerable to an eating disorder, but everyone who has an eating disorder is , of course, self harming. I think ED's are caused by a need to control your body. Maybe you have family fixated on dieting, you're a dancer, you were bullied for weight, you were assalted, etc. Those events would cause someone to self harm using eating disorder behaviors. With other forms of self harming, the individual might not have that history or fixation on body size/food, but still feels the need to be distructive toward themselves.
idk I could be wrong. this is such an interesting question.
thanks!
I feel like not everyone who self harms is vulnerable to an eating disorder, but everyone who has an eating disorder is , of course, self harming. I think ED's are caused by a need to control your body. Maybe you have family fixated on dieting, you're a dancer, you were bullied for weight, you were assalted, etc. Those events would cause someone to self harm using eating disorder behaviors. With other forms of self harming, the individual might not have that history or fixation on body size/food, but still feels the need to be distructive toward themselves.
idk I could be wrong. this is such an interesting question.
thanks!-
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