Christine Alarcon
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A culmination of all things spooky, sorrowful, and simple.
Stories (2/0)
Disordered Eating and a Solution
Imagine you’re sitting in front of a mirror with a laptop in hand and a tempting bowl of your favorite snack in the other. In one hand your laptop is telling you why you should not eat that snack and on the other hand you’re starving and crave the snack so badly. This is what many girls and boys face in their daily lives, contemplating whether or not they should eat for the sake of a thin body, or perhaps even control. Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness, with suicide being the second leading cause of death. In addition to frank suicide attempts (some of which are premeditated and some of which are impulsive), many individuals with eating disorders engage in other intentional forms of self-injury, especially those individuals with purging symptomatology. (2) The censorship of pro anorexia and pro bulimia websites and chat rooms could provide a safer environment for those in recovery and those susceptible to eating disorders.
By Christine Alarcon6 years ago in Psyche
Mirror
I stood staring at a mirror which lacked a reflection beaming back at me; forsaken. It was like I could almost see my reflection, I was reaching out and pressing my fingertips to the cold reflective glass in hopes of seeing anything that could shine the light within.
By Christine Alarcon6 years ago in Poets