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Anorexia/Bulimia


            After being told that my junior project would be a research paper on eating disorders, I quickly devised an approach to talk about this very serious topic. An eating disorder can occur in anyone. In order to help others understand what bulimia and anorexia mean, I have interviewed my cousin who was a victim of these two diseases. Afterwards I created videotape questioning my mother who also had suffered from anorexia and bulimia. .
             My cousin Melissa was a popular bright young girl. Upon her arrival at school a crowd of admiring friends would greet her. She received all A's on her report card, and was expected to do so. Behind this wonderful girl was a sad empty soul. At home Melissa was always ignored, and never congratulated for her accomplishments. My aunt and uncle were very proud of her older brother who was star quarter back of the high school football team. He could receive all C's and one B, and they would throw him a party, but when Melissa came home with her perfect report card no one seemed to notice. .
             As a freshmen and a sophomore Melissa learned to accept her life, but when she became a junior she could no longer handle it. She felt the need to be noticed and to be approved of by her parents; therefore she wanted to change. As she looked in the mirror she would think, "If only I had better looks." This train of thought became exacerbated as time went on until she perceived herself as needing to lose weight, and she gradually became consumed with dieting, pills, exercise, and starving herself. .
             As time went on my aunt and uncle realized Melissa was beginning to look like a skeleton. She would have mood swings, constantly look in the mirror, weigh herself daily, and avoid meals. Her parents were beginning to get suspicious so they told her she had to eat dinner with them every night. Melissa didn't want to have any extra calories in her body, so she would have to form a plan to avoid ingesting all this food.


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