Anorexia/Bulimia and eating disorders Options

[Tung]

Is it an actual disease, like genetically, or just us being "conceited" and trying to fit the "norm" and be skinny. I read somewhere in one of my Woman Studies course readers, that it was highly believed for many years, that anorexia was just a mental and social thing that girls or boys dealt with because of the social barrings and peer pressure. But like recently they discovered like this anorexia thing is an actual disease? I'm not all so sure, but just want to know your take on this.

Reason for edit: It's spelled "bulimia." ;] - Cristy

[angelrevelation]

The terms disease vs. disorder for them have always sounded iffy to me though. Because lots of the time they're acquired because of social pressures. Others kind of pretend to have them and eventually DO have them. Then others have it at a very young age just because of how their brains are wired.

I dunno, disease sounds like something you catch, like malaria...