Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Eating Disorders and Your Personality

Lacking in confidence? Having trouble with being such a perfectionist? Although you may not notice it, some of your most distinguishing personality traits could determine your susceptibility to eating disorders. Studies have shown that people diagnosed with eating disorders share the same common denominator: specific self-defeating personality traits. Apart from these, however, having any of the identified personality disorders, possessed with specific distinctive negative traits, raises your chances of acquiring eating disorders. Below are the first two:

Avoidant Personality

Several studies have indicated that most anorexic patients have avoidant personalities due to their extreme fear of rejection. So sensitive are they to being criticized that the slightest off-hand remark suffices to strengthen their belief of their own inadequacy. The oversensitivity to failing of people with avoidant personality disorder is further elucidated by these traits: perfectionism; extreme
shyness; sexual and/or emotional inhibition; sensitivity to rejection; affinity with being “good”; and a fear of being criticized, ridiculed, and/or humiliated.


Narcissistic Personality

A personality disorder characterized by an extreme emphasis on one's importance, people falling under this category are prone to pacifying themselves. Their need for admiration from others explains why they are so sensitive to criticism and failure.

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Source: http://adam.about.com/reports/Eating-disorders.htm
http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-pe08.html
http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-pe07.html

20 comments:

于倫 said...

什麼樣的學習計畫並不重要,重要的是你是什麼樣的人。............................................................

香昱信張君林 said...

培養健全孩子最好的方法是父母先成為健全的人。............................................................

蘇育維蘇育維 said...

困難的不在於新概念,而在於逃避舊有的概念。............................................................

吳婷婷 said...

生存乃是不斷地在內心與靈魂交戰;寫作是坐著審判自己。..................................................

梁淑娟梁淑娟 said...

風平浪靜時,人人都可以當舵手.................................................................

蔡靜芳蔡靜芳 said...

相逢即是有緣~~留個言問候一聲,祝您平安順利...............................................................

淑娟淑娟淑娟 said...

let us be happey everyday!!..................................................................

許李秀樺靜怡 said...

鞋匠能作好鞋子,因為他只做鞋,不做別的。..................................................

蕙王帆蕙王帆蕙王帆 said...

我在戀愛著?--------是的,因為我在等待著.................................................................

吳家達張怡萱張怡萱 said...

一個人的價值,應該看他貢獻了什麼,而不是他取得了什麼....................................................

洪志源 said...

生命就像騎單車一樣,除非你停止踩踏板,否則不會掉下去。.......................................................

建邱勳 said...

人若賺得全世界,賠上自己的靈魂,有什麼益處?......................................................

偉曹琬 said...

心中醒,口中說,紙上作,不從身上習過,皆無用也。..................................................

孫邦柔 said...

人不能像動物一樣活著,而應該追求知識和美德................. ................................................

峻胡邦慧v帆 said...

認真的看完~~幫你推一下............................................................

廷淑君淑君伸 said...

期待你的下次更新喔^____^..................................................

江趙雲虹趙雲虹仁昆 said...

人應該做自己認為對的事,而不是一味跟著群眾的建議走。..................................................

惠NorrisBradwell041花 said...

人生就像一顆核桃,必須敲破它,才會顯出他的內容。..................................................... ............

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markwilson said...

Nice post.
Our personality is the most important thing in the life. We need to eat proper for the nice personality.
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