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Fri Apr-07-06 10:24 AM
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| 20. Thanks for the post and links .... |
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Edited on Fri Apr-07-06 11:22 AM by etherealtruth
This certainly is a topic worthy of discussion.
It's very gloomy here and has affected my attitude today; I am sadly contemplating whether we are capable of ever overcoming the "quirks" in our genetic material.
edit: affect/effect; I don't know
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| -Study: More than half of risk for developing anorexia is genetic |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 08:39 AM |
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Why do you keep posting about anorexia on the GD page? Are you |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 08:48 AM |
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Do you really believe that? |
Warpy |
Apr-07-06 08:55 AM |
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Holy Anorexia is the LEAST likely to have a genetic component...and |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 09:02 AM |
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Hardly. Saintly women (who proved themselves saintly by |
Warpy |
Apr-07-06 09:30 AM |
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I read your article, and it supported my belief. Greeks (like Plato), the |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 10:20 AM |
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Maybe it's always been around, but I think there's much more of |
raccoon |
Apr-07-06 09:05 AM |
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Please read the links I posted, as well as the one Warpy posted. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:06 AM |
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Self delete nt |
raccoon |
Apr-07-06 10:37 AM |
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. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:40 AM |
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Perhaps because some people here probably are anorexic |
lukasahero |
Apr-07-06 09:02 AM |
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You tell me how you developed anorexia. Most anorexics know that it's |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 09:19 AM |
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Funny you make that assumption |
lukasahero |
Apr-07-06 10:46 AM |
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"your parents" and "their daughter" and your hostile defense...what would |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 10:59 AM |
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It was deliberate |
lukasahero |
Apr-07-06 11:06 AM |
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Even in families with strong genetic factors, the environment plays |
ShortnFiery |
Apr-07-06 12:48 PM |
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I agree with you entirely |
lukasahero |
Apr-07-06 12:59 PM |
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The author of this post has posted numerous articles in GD on anorexia |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 01:27 PM |
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Numerous? |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 01:53 PM |
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Apr-07-06 02:11 PM |
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I don't think "blaming" is the right word |
KurtNYC |
Apr-07-06 02:04 PM |
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Mental illnesses can have a genetic component |
AngryAmish |
Apr-07-06 09:04 AM |
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I disagree with you, I had the disease and now my daughter has it |
wisteria |
Apr-07-06 09:07 AM |
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One hears about ladies who "went into a decline".... |
Bridget Burke |
Apr-07-06 10:24 AM |
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That's true! I never thought of that... |
LostinVA |
Apr-07-06 10:48 AM |
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And in the old days, those ladies were often turned over to doctors.... |
Bridget Burke |
Apr-07-06 11:06 AM |
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Ick. I know... excessive bleeding killed Lord Byron, and probably |
LostinVA |
Apr-07-06 11:10 AM |
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wow. feeling a little angry but insensitive today? eom |
freeplessinseattle |
Apr-07-06 09:15 AM |
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Wisdom speaks for truth. If there is a genetic component in eating |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 09:32 AM |
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Funny, the evidence available clearly disagrees. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:09 AM |
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Why can't it be both? |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 10:20 AM |
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I never argued otherwise, but like alcoholism, it has to be a very minor |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 10:28 AM |
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It's not a minor component in alcoholism |
LostinVA |
Apr-07-06 10:45 AM |
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I would argue that in the context of most alcoholics blaming it on their |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 12:35 PM |
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Not if they are an alcoholic. Alcoholism is a disease |
LostinVA |
Apr-07-06 12:47 PM |
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That's not medically supported |
XemaSab |
Apr-07-06 01:36 PM |
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"Blaming" conditions on genetics so you can ignore them.... |
Bridget Burke |
Apr-07-06 10:44 AM |
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Exactly. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:49 AM |
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It is the general discussion page. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:01 AM |
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One of my dearest friends is the director of an eating disorders clinic in |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 11:48 AM |
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Oh brother. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 12:25 PM |
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Apr-07-06 12:33 PM |
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Sorry, I've been around too long to buy into such game playing... |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 12:36 PM |
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It most certanly does exist, and you would recognize the medical center. |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 01:04 PM |
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LOL! |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 01:07 PM |
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Lady, I just did a search on all of your posts, and the only posts on |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 01:18 PM |
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Apr-07-06 01:51 PM |
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Lady? |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 07:28 PM |
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Anorexic daughter, family history of depression/anxiety |
seleff |
Apr-07-06 10:35 AM |
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See post #47. I not only have a personal distant history of anorexia, |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 12:25 PM |
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Thanks for your post and I'm glad to hear that you healed |
seleff |
Apr-08-06 11:48 AM |
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Seleff, I'm working on a response to both of your posts, and I will PM |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-09-06 10:58 AM |
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No competent scientist would value "personal authority" over controlled |
spooky3 |
May-14-06 01:59 PM |
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Very legit studies have shown it bridges generations |
LostinVA |
Apr-07-06 10:41 AM |
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Hasn't it been linked to |
mzteris |
Apr-07-06 11:30 AM |
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The comorbidity percentage is quite significant. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 11:34 AM |
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So why would it be increasing? |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 09:13 AM |
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No one is denying environmental factors play a part. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:03 AM |
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Sorry, misread your OP! |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 10:15 AM |
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I think the incidence of anorexia is going down |
KurtNYC |
Apr-07-06 10:35 AM |
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It's actually difficult to note... |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:46 AM |
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Googling for studies and using the word "control" |
KurtNYC |
Apr-07-06 01:04 PM |
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Your citations jive with our experience |
seleff |
Apr-07-06 11:04 AM |
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Well, I have my own theories... |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 11:43 AM |
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I can so relate to this...the perfectionism, the strange ecstatic 'high' |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 12:44 PM |
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I'm glad you're modifying your opinion. |
Bridget Burke |
Apr-07-06 02:45 PM |
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A very thoughtful post. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 12:56 PM |
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Like I said, it's just my own personal theorizing... |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 02:14 PM |
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It's not silly. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 07:34 PM |
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Thank you... |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 07:59 PM |
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I think the incidence |
diamidue |
Apr-07-06 01:02 PM |
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Re: differences and definitions/criteria |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 01:05 PM |
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Exactly, I had a distorted body image and a need to feel in control of |
wisteria |
Apr-07-06 01:59 PM |
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Thanks for the post and links .... |
etherealtruth |
Apr-07-06 10:24 AM |
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I think you got it right. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 07:31 PM |
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Then why was anorexia not rampant in the 30's or 40s or 50s?? |
progressivebydesign |
Apr-07-06 10:46 AM |
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Please read the actual articles... |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 10:51 AM |
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How do you know it wasn't? |
LostinVA |
Apr-07-06 11:11 AM |
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you ever really looked |
mzteris |
Apr-07-06 12:02 PM |
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Thin does not mean anorexic |
diamidue |
Apr-07-06 11:12 AM |
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So, it's like a genetic OCD basically? |
porphyrian |
Apr-07-06 11:47 AM |
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FYI... |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 12:35 PM |
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Of course they want to find a "genetic basis"... |
VelmaD |
Apr-07-06 12:29 PM |
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Wrong. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 12:45 PM |
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Thanks! I agree. More money for the pharmaceutical industry. n/t |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 12:52 PM |
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Please show us how the pharm industry is trying to make money... |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 12:58 PM |
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Maybe side effect profiles in depression studies will promote successful o |
seleff |
Apr-08-06 11:06 AM |
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Small studies are being done, and have been done. |
HuckleB |
Apr-10-06 07:58 AM |
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Yeah, because it's not like big pharma is making any money |
lukasahero |
Apr-07-06 01:01 PM |
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Bullshit! |
Odin2005 |
Apr-07-06 01:23 PM |
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Some books on the psychosocial origin; Genetics has to explain why no men. |
WiseButAngrySara |
Apr-07-06 04:46 PM |
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All published before most of the actual research on anorexia occurred. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 07:30 PM |
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I knew an anorexic guy. |
SmokingJacket |
Apr-07-06 08:08 PM |
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The leader of my eating disorder support group says: |
Nikia |
Apr-07-06 06:06 PM |
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Good post. |
HuckleB |
Apr-07-06 07:30 PM |
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Very true... |
varkam |
Apr-09-06 01:46 PM |
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