revelation for me. My best friend of 15 years unveiled her deepest,

darkest, most private secret; she was bulimic. I was unfamiliar with the

disorder at the time, but when she told me of her 7 year struggle with

anorexia and bulimia, I had to know more, to understand the what, why,

and how. The first article I found on eating disorders was in a glossy

covered periodical, Parents' Magazine. It briefly outlined the mechanics of

both eating disorders, and stated that the majority of anorectics and a large

percentage of bulimics develop the disorders because of sexual repression

in childhood. Dissatisfied with the magazines explanation, I decided to

investigate the topic further. I went to Palmer College of Chiropractic's

library hoping to consume as much information as possible to prove

Parents' Magazine wrong. I found several medical journals, psychiatric

life events can be attributed to both depression and stress, leaving the

explanation that Parents' Magazine had to offer. I discovered that anorexia

women than in similar ones targeted toward men. The same is true in

and bulimia often are the result of severe stress or depression, lack of self-

friends, family, and they use their appearance as a means of that approval.

with eating disorders, and have not found any tangible or reputable

years of age who suffer from anorexia or bulimia experienced a severe

depression could have been a factor as well. Another aspect of eating

The most common aim of the anorectic and bulimic is to achieve

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