![]() ![]() At times, the hunger caused by undereating can result in bingeing, even for people diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. For many, anxiety overeating and weight gain overrides the urge to eat. One of the myths about people with eating disorders is that they are not hungry. Kimmel: Maybe your stomach shrivels up to like the size of a raisin, and then it doesn’t want any food really in there. Therefore, although eating disorders appear to be about food and body size, they are serious disorders that go much deeper. While behaviors around food such as restriction or bingeing often begin as a way to cope with trauma or uncomfortable feelings, they do not work in the long run. However, any excited feelings over reaching a target weight are usually short-lived. Eating disorders give a false sense of uniqueness and comfort. The ability to control food intake – and the associated illusion of control over one’s life – creates a feeling of specialness. By definition, diets promise weight loss (albeit temporary) as an outcome of an energy deficit due to reduced calories. ![]() This is par for the course with eating disorders, and even for dieting. For someone who had otherwise been in good health prior to dieting, it is a significant change to need a 30-second internal pep talk to handle a flight of stairs. Undernourishment takes a toll, both physically and mentally. You suddenly just feel energized and excited. ![]() ” But then, once you’ve reached your target weight – I don’t know what happens – it’s incredible. You look at a flight of stairs, and it takes like 30 seconds. Phoenix: I think just having, like, that level of control over yourself …. One common theme in dieting and fitness media is “No Excuses!” But then there’s something very empowering about it as well.ĭiet culture messaging around “empowerment” is embedded in the assumption that deprivation – denying the body’s needs for nourishment – demonstrates willpower, self-control, and moral superiority. This interview demonstrates how dieting resembles an eating disorder.Ĭomments within the interview transcript below highlight eating-disordered thoughts and behaviors. In an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live, host Jimmy Kimmel asks Phoenix about his experience losing weight for the movie Joker. Although media reports indicate that the weight loss was done under a doctor’s care, Phoenix’s descriptions of the experience mirror symptoms of an eating disorder. It is important to emphasize that unlike most people who diet to lose weight or who develop an eating disorder, Phoenix’s weight loss was intended for the short amount of time it took to shoot the movie. Director Todd Phillips considered the character’s body size as one way to represent his vulnerability. Since the release of the movie Joker, it seems almost as much attention has been paid to actor Joaquin Phoenix’s dramatic weight loss as to his performance as the character Arthur Fleck. ![]()
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