Anyone else here know the term Orthoexia?

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  • Chadomaniac
    Chadomaniac Posts: 1,785 Member
    We are all orthorexic
  • 00sarah
    00sarah Posts: 621 Member
    We are all orthorexic


    Right. I thought this was an addiction to exercise. I guess I was wrong
  • Chadomaniac
    Chadomaniac Posts: 1,785 Member
    We are all orthorexic


    Right. I thought this was an addiction to exercise. I guess I was wrong

    Lol its tracking everything you eat ... society is such a joke , everything has a name to it. Now tracking food is a fkn disorder . what next?
  • 00sarah
    00sarah Posts: 621 Member
    We are all orthorexic


    Right. I thought this was an addiction to exercise. I guess I was wrong

    Lol its tracking everything you eat ... society is such a joke , everything has a name to it. Now tracking food is a fkn disorder . what next?

    Thank you! Since I overcame my addiction to oxycodone with exercise, I'll accept this stupid label. Whatevskis. :-P
    Eff, you, methadone clinic!

    *smiles & enjoys life!
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    I actually enjoy a healthy lifestyle. It's almost like a hobby I guess. I consciously plan and execute healthy behaviors every day. I am very aware of what I eat and I carefully plan to make sure my diet is healthy and well balanced. I use MFP for maintenance, to track exercise, and to make sure I get all my macros in the proper ratios.

    I suspect that I may be orthorexic, since I'm very focused on health. I'm always in a great mood when I'm practicing healthy behaviors, and I kind of feel a bit disappointed on days that I don't take care of myself. Oh well. I'm just gonna go with it, since my doctor is happy with my overall health and I enjoy it.
  • 00sarah
    00sarah Posts: 621 Member
    ^^^ yep. If I've gotta be an addict... What better way to get the dopamine flowing?!
  • thegirlwithleggings
    thegirlwithleggings Posts: 5
    After recovering from Anorexia I "developed" Orthorexia and was so mad when they told me this. Then I learned almost everyone who is a health freak has it, I think it's just nonsense.
  • hzliiz
    hzliiz Posts: 166 Member
    I think these disorders exist on a continuum. So, while a disorder will have specific behavioral criteria that most people don't exhibit, these behaviors don't just appear out of nowhere. No one wakes up one day and goes huh, I think I'll start bingeing and purging twice a week so I can manage these urges to eat without gaining too much weight, or gee I think I'll only eat 500 calories from now on and get real skinny. Those behaviors are extreme outcomes that follow increasingly rigid thinking about eating, dieting and exercise. But while they're extreme, it's not really that hard for a lot of people to slip into them once they start down a slippery path of rigid thinking. While not a lot of people have a diagnosable disorder, I think many, many people develop belief systems and ways of thinking that put them at risk of developing one or teetering on the edge of one. It's so much easier to prevent than to cure these things, and I think being aware of any tendency toward that kind of overly rigid thinking is key to prevention. By the way, by rigid I don't mean having an eating plan and/or work out regimen you are committed to. I mean for example, going into a complete panic if you veer off plan for some reason, drastically overcompensating through restriction or exercise when you veer rather than just reorienting to the plan, that sort of thing. Just my $.02.
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    Yes--I've seen the term thrown about here (and at anyone who consciously avoids nutrient-poor "foods"). I think it is a fake "mental disease" and there are a lot of those these days. Next thing you know, the psychiatric profession will insist that it is a real disease and must be treated (with expensive drugs, no doubt). Eating real, nourishing food will go a long way in curing many ailments. And Big Pharma can't have that, can they? Look for the next mental disease to be "seen" in people who are concerned that their children get a good education in a safe environment. Our culture is insane and the sicker it gets, the more that sane people will look "sick" to the sickos who are in authority and who represent those they are leading into insanity .
  • amonkey794
    amonkey794 Posts: 651 Member
    I feel orthorexia is the disorder after one tries to recover from anorexia and bulimia. I say this out of experience. It seems as someone with an ED tries to recover they over compensate and just fall into another extreme. It is the nature of the disease.
  • SanteMulberry
    SanteMulberry Posts: 3,202 Member
    I feel orthorexia is the disorder after one tries to recover from anorexia and bulimia. I say this out of experience. It seems as someone with an ED tries to recover they over compensate and just fall into another extreme. It is the nature of the disease.

    I think that formerly, they all could have been lumped under "OCD" (obsessive-compulsive disorder). While it is true that OCD tends to jump from one obsession/compulsion to another, the underlying "disorder" is one of excessive timidity and a lack of confidence. Our culture does not protect children very well and at the same time, through the mass media, pushes children to fearfulness. Compulsive behavior is just the outworking of the child's desire to control his/her environment. Part of the treatment is building confidence through "doing hard things". Children quite logically see themselves as weak and the antidote to that is building strength and self-reliance in them as they mature.

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