From Virtue to Vice
eBook - PDF

From Virtue to Vice

Negotiating Anorexia

  1. 252 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

From Virtue to Vice

Negotiating Anorexia

About this book

The recovered possess the key to overcoming anorexia. Although individual sufferers do not know how the affliction takes hold, piecing their stories together reveals two accidental afflictions. One is that activity disordersā€”dieting, exercising, healthy eatingā€”start as virtuous practices, but become addictive obsessions. The other affliction is a developmental disorder, which also starts with the virtuousā€”those eager for challenge and change. But these overachievers who seek self-improvement get a distorted life instead. Knowing anorexia from inside, the recovered offer two watchwords on helping those who suffer. One is "negotiate," to encourage compromise, which can aid recovery where coercion fails. The other is "balance," for the ill to pursue mind-with-body activities to defuse mind-over-body battles.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Section I
  5. Chapter 1
  6. Chapter 2
  7. Chapter 3
  8. Chapter 4
  9. Chapter 5
  10. Chapter 6
  11. Chapter 7
  12. Section II
  13. Chapter 8
  14. Chapter 9
  15. Section III
  16. Chapter 10
  17. Chapter 11
  18. Chapter 12
  19. Section IV
  20. Chapter 13
  21. Chapter 14
  22. Conclusion
  23. References
  24. Index