The first time I read somewhere that eating disorders are a form of protest, I though "huh?"

Didn't I just overeat because I had no self control, and was lazy, and just couldn't say "enough!" when I was full.

It's been awhile since I read these books that talked about the deeper meaning of eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating.

What I remember though is some of the information that said things like anorexics want to be perfect, our world equates thiness with perfection. So anorexics starve. Bulimics also want to comply with our society rule that we be thin, so they overdiet and then binge because they are malnourished, and then throw up so they can have the perfect body our society expects. Compulsive overeaters are also aware of what our society expects, they eat for many reasons, as do bulimics and anorexics, but certainly one reason is to say "F**k society and what it says I should be. Then they go on another diet that inevitably fails-maybe when the "F**k Society" impulse becomes stronger as the individual starts feeling deprived on diets.

I don't know. Just a thought.

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