Eating Disorders

Eating disorders aren't "glamorous." They're lethal. That can be attributed to today's culture. This is frightening to the millennial demographic, who are more concerned about fitting in with peer groups and becoming famous. Words from actors and media figures who encourage skinniness are more dangerous, and the urge to look attractive can also drive people to develop eating disorders. This is frightening to the millennial demographic, who are more concerned about fitting in with peer groups and becoming famous. Words from actors and media figures who encourage skinniness are more dangerous, and the urge to look attractive can also drive people to develop eating disorders.

Now, eating disorders do not seem to be a major concern to any of you, but consider the following. Many people think it is a decision, a process, an act for publicity, or something that can be dropped until someone is slim enough, but it is not. You're never thin enough because you have an eating disorder. There is no such thing as skinny enough. If it destroys you, it doesn't matter. An eating disorder is just that. It's a disease, a poison, and a killer all rolled into one. There isn't any other choice. When you look in the mirror, in a magazine, or on TV and think you're not strong enough, pretty enough, or slim enough, you're under pressure. It's a mystery you can't bare to reveal, however you wish anyone would. When you're bold enough to eat a burger, your conscience reminds you that you're a sheep, and you have an eating disorder. When you're on the ground and unable to continue, it's a sign that you're not having enough exercise. It wants you to go vomit up everything you just ate until it ruins all of your hard work.

An eating disorder is a spell that seeks to destroy you. Without incorporating this subject into the school curriculum, the growing epidemic of eating disorders would only worsen. If all high school students became aware of the warning signs, the dangers, and how to shift the shame around mental health and their own self-perceptions, the horror of an eating disorder could be reduced in certain cases. Eating conditions know no bounds. Eating disorders can affect anybody, whether they are black, white, lesbian, heterosexual, or a boy or a child. Anyone may suffer from an eating disorder. This is something we must be conscious of. Like I previously said, it's a secret you can't bare to reveal but wish anyone would. You can't warn anybody because it would jeopardize all of your efforts. You'll sabotage your interpersonal relationships. Many of the ramifications terrify you.

Mental wellbeing is not a laughingstock. It's a major issue. When you tell others, you face the greatest risk of being stereotyped. Maybe if people were encouraged not to make conclusions about those with mental disorders, others who suffer from mental illnesses would be more willing to speak out and not be fearful of derogatory remarks. What other people don't realize is that it's a disease that goes unnoticed. It's all in your head. Eating disorders don't show up physically until they start to affect a person's health, such as whether they're underweight or losing a lot of weight.