As with anorexia, there is currently no definite known cause of bulimia. Because of the complexity of the disorder, researchers within the medical and psychological fields continue to explore its dynamics.
Bulimia is generally felt to begin with a dissatisfaction of the person's body. The individual may actually be underweight, but when the person looks in a mirror they see a distorted image and feel heavier than they really are. At first, this distorted body image leads to dieting. As the body image in the mirror continues to be seen as larger than it actually is, the dieting escalates and can lead to bulimic practices.
In certain neurological or medical conditions, there can be disturbed eating behavior, but the essential psychological feature of bulimia, the extreme concern with body shape and weight, is not present. For example, overeating is a common feature in depression, however, these individuals do not engage in inappropriate weight-loss behaviors and are not overly concerned with body image and weight loss as is characteristic of the person with bulimia.
Organic causes for bulimia are being investigated. There is evidence that bulimia and other eating disorders may be related to abnormalities in levels of chemical messengers (neurotransmitters) within the brain, specifically the neurotransmitterserotonin. Other studies of people with bulimia have found alterations in metabolic rate, decreased perceptions of satiety, and abnormal neuroendocrine regulation (the process by which the nervous system interacts with production of hormones and hormone-like substances).
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ReplyDeleteWhen entering adolescence, especially the time of puberty, teenagers become very finicky to increase their weight. Physiological changes the body that sometimes interfere with their mind. Usually, this is often experienced by young women than young men. For girls, they are experiencing increasing number of networks of fat so they will easily become obese when taking high calorie food.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, most women want look slim and thin because they think that they consume will make happy, successful, and popular.
Meanwhile, if our body fat or plump, wear any clothes to wear while it seems like gunny bags. Finally, the environment also affect the environment. The obese are often derided, then diet increasingly great. So, not surprisingly, when dissatisfaction with the form of a body will develop problems in eating disorders. Teenagers with eating disorders such as the above have problems with 'body image'. Problem 'body' is not ultimately result in youth become confident in themselves and difficult to accept the situation itself. They assume that self-confidence will grow if they also have the perfect body.