Eva Wunderer is a Professor of Psychological aspects of Social work. Prior to her research activities, she was as a therapist in the field of Couple and family therapy. You can promote, such as shows like Germany’s Next top model eating disorders, what a fault can be detected, and what relatives of victims often do wrong.
Recently, the new season of Germany’s Next Topmodel runs. It is often criticized that the shipment is fuelling a slimming obsession with young girls. It is really so problematic?
It can be problematic. If someone dealt already with its own character, can be of such shipments, the trigger for an eating disorder. Of course, Germany’s Next Topmodel alone is not an eating disorder. There must be a personal vulnerability.
play Models, and other models actually have a role?
There are a number of factors. From biological to personal, psychological. And social and socio-cultural factors. Since our slimming is ideal for sure significantly. In the case of Germany’s Next Topmodel, but I see a different Problem: There is exemplified that the girls just have to do everything that Heidi Klum and the Jury say. No matter what it is: If I am posing Nude on photos, with snakes, or anything else. Just then, Heidi has a photo for me. So the consignment is transported to an image of women that suggests that women are good and come on, if you fit the requirements from the outside, unconditionally. I see very critical.
Such images, and the ideal of Slimness particularly in women. That explains why you are more likely to be affected by eating disorders than men?
This could also be due to biological Differences. But the socio-cultural pressure is surely an explanation. Where in men it is greatly increased. 30 years ago there were magazines, in which it comes to diet and great characters, only for women. Now, there is the series for men. Especially in the case of young men, the so-called muscle dysmorphia is becoming increasingly common, so a muscle quest. I’m afraid that the Rate of those who develop the disease in the consequence of an eating disorder, will increase.
An eating disorder that leads not necessarily to a noticeable change in weight. There are other typical signs?
Often do not have to be Concerned, good strategies, if you want to, that you realize something. Just a bulimia is part of is hiding over the years. Outsiders don’t notice then maybe that Person eats so much, or certain things omitted. Could recognize it but, when it comes to a Person’s overall bad. If she pulls back or problems in school or at work. Sometimes, you could recognize it also in physical characteristics. For example, if the teeth from all the vomiting carious. Overall, it can be seen from the outside, but often hard to come by.
Eva Wunderer studied in Munich, Germany psychology, since 2009, she has held in the Bavarian town of Landshut, the chair of the Psychological aspects of Social work. Moreover, she is a Couple and family therapist. Photo: OH
Just members of reproach himself, probably, if you notice anything in a long time. You have experience with family therapy. There are certain errors that make nationals again and again?
It brings for the first time not much, thinking about what was, and whose fault is it. More important is to work on the relationships currently, and there are some classic errors. I have worked mostly with the animal metaphors by Janet Treasure. She is a British psychiatrist, described, for example, the “kangaroo”. So parents are meant to get the as a kangaroo your child will always be back in the bag and everything for it to do. If it is to only eat a certain yoghurt, then the parents would drive through the whole town to buy him. This can lead to the Affected their behavior, because they get so much attention.
Which animal metaphors are there?
A different pattern, with the rhinoceros. The members think very strongly rational. You want to find a solution and focus on the food. Then, Affected to feel but often not understood. It is only superficially about food, behind which other problems lie. There are still more patterns. In all, we can say that the members don’t want it to be my evil, and help. In the worst case, but this leads exactly to the opposite. The most important is not to reduce the eating disorder on the eating habits. You have to look, what it actually is and adequate help-seeking.
What would have to happen in your opinion so that less people fall ill?
You would have to acknowledge more difference and of the normalized beauty get away. I see a great danger in the case of Instagram, where young people change their photos even extremely, to be fair enough. Another aspect is that behind an eating disorder is usually a lack of self-value. Here is the question of how we can strengthen children and young people. Because if I have a good self-worth, can I watch Germany’s Next top model or photos on Instagram, to develop without an eating disorder. (Editorial Tamedia)
Created: 24.02.2019, 19:50 PM
