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Men & Eating Disorders
Women aren’t the only ones who struggle with food-related issues, and gender-bias can make men far less likely to seek treatment.
Finding Out Why Men Suffer From Eating Disorders
Addressing these shame issues is key to helping males recover from eating disorders. In addition, it’s important for treatment experts to recognize the unique motivations and underlying factors that drive eating disorders in boys, which can differ in significant ways from those that affect girls and women. Many boys try to cope with their problems through self-blame.
Being overweight during childhood and experiencing the teasing from peers that often goes along with that can also trigger an eating disorder among males. Other warning signs that a male may struggle with an eating disorder include isolation, passivity, hypersensitivity in relationships and emotions, as well as risky behaviors like fighting, drug use or sexual promiscuity.
Men may be more prone to turning to drugs to help maintain their weight or deal with the pain and shame of their eating disorder, which is why co-occurring disorders are so prevalent among those in treatment. Many who suffer from one disorder, like anorexia or bulimia, are at more of a risk to succumb to drug or alcohol addiction, too.
Eating Disorder Treatment
If someone you love is in need of eating disorder treatment, call The Canyon at our toll-free number. Someone is there to take your call 24 hours a day and answer any questions you have about treatment, financing or insurance.
