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Anorexics proccess self-identity differently than others, study shows

Monday, October 1, 2012

A vague but complex mixture of guilt, self-punishment and perfectionism became manifest in Lauren’s aversion to food.

For the college senior, who considers herself in recovery, anorexia wasn’t a decision to shrink to a size perennially out of reach.

It wasn’t a decision at all.

A recently published study by researchers from the Center for BrainHealth and UT Southwestern Medical Center found that women with anorexia nervosa process self-perception differently from women without an eating disorder.

The study is further proof of what many experiencing anorexia and many clinicians have believed for a long time.

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