Eating Disorders.... is it a problem that can be controlled?

i used to have bulimia, which was cused by depression. and i wasn't depressed for any reason, it's just that i had a hormonal imbalance that set my body functions askew. anyway, doctors usually say that your weight should be appropriate for your height, but its not always the case. i believe someone's weight is a health issue if its already manifesting other symptoms of illnesses. And yes, i believe that an eating disorder can be controlled by the person suffering from it. i mean, it can be considered as an illness, but if you really want to be cured of it, you have to work hard on yourself as well.

My opinion is that mostly, people with eating disorders have the problem first in their minds. It starts with all the media around us - we have to look like this star or this public person, or like a model. You have to be thin, slim and fit. Or else you're not part of the society, you're not "cool". So these people can have control over their eating disorders. But then, you have the category of people who have hormonal problems, and their eating disorder is a by-product of the hormonal problem.This kind of people, need help.They can not control their eating habits. Eventualy, everyone having an eating disorder needs professional help, but what I'm trying to say is that the first group, can control their own eating habits, if only they wish so. It's all the power of the mind.

With the right kind of therapy, a person can be trained/taught to have control over their eating patterns/habits. There are often complex underlying reasons why people develop eating disorders, which usually amount to the person feeling they've lost control over their own life (especially in the case of bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa), therefore they feel the only thing they do have any control over is the way they do (or don't!) eat. Kind of like a misunderstanding on their part though, because by striving to gain control over their eating, it spirals way out of control and they fall headlong into having a serious eating disorder, which in itself is a lack of control.

I think it's a mental illness more than normal health issue or disease. This is due to the fact that this illness start at mind. I think it can be control but the patient will need the strong support from family and friends. Patients will also receive therapy to help them fixing the misconception of their way of eating.

Well isn't it an issue of control in the first place? I mean most of the people I have met with eating disorders for under weight that is seems to be an issue of needing control or wanting it. It is very common in young people. If it is over wieght it is the need to control pain and loss of love. Just my thoughts though. Do I think it can be controlled well it depends on the person and their switchwation.