![]() ![]() So not only is the medical community sadly misinformed, even psych RESEARCHERS live in the dark ages. (Plus I was sick as hell at the time & terrified it would become obvious if I drew attention to myself.) I also took a child psychopathology class this past quarter, and though my prof was better informed & at least knew some about genetic research & wasn't at all blaming/shaming, it was still pretty painful to sit through w/o screaming my head off. ![]() I stewed through the whole section, saying nothing b/c I was NOT getting into it with my prof in front of the entire class.especially since it's a fantastic way to say, "hi, I have an ED!" which is especially unappealing when everyone is hearing loads of stigmatizing misinformation. ![]() No mention (or maybe a sentence?) of genetic influence, lots of drivel about control/appearance/upper-middle class prevalence/wanting to delay adulthood/etc., nothing about new treatments, and apparently nothing derived from research done since, say, the 80s. I took a psychopathology course 2 years ago, and we used a 2007 edition of the textbook, and you would NOT BELIEVE (or perhaps you would, unfortunately!) how outdated the info was. Worse than this crap still being in med school textbooks, imho, is that it's still in some PSYCH textbooks. So this might be all they take away from med school on the subject. Especially since most of them get almost no training in treating eating disorders anyway. I feel pissed off and sad, though, at the thought that this kind of perspective is still living out there in print, for new generations of baby docs to read and take in. I'm enough of a good girl academically that reading something in a book makes it shiny and important. So on some level, these stigmas are still being perpetuated. And now I have an inkling into why: A friend who's in med school, and who just finished the hour or two devoted to talking about eating disorders in the curriculum, reports that this outdated and discredited point of view is still in the textbooks. Some say they've left it behind but still on some level believe it. To their credit, many docs have left this one behind. Such as: Eating disorders are caused by cold or overcontrolling mothers the child has no other way to establish a sense of autonomy, so she stops eating. Still, most ED patients and their families get smacked upside the head at some point with the old assumptions and stigmas about these illnesses. Love is the only authentic thing left I think, so it only makes sense that it can cause so much pain, pleasure, paranoia and trust.” Listen to ‘Just Cuz We’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Onto Us’ below.The world of eating disorders treatment is changing. But at the same time, I was just so happy to have kept the person I love through the whole thing. ![]() I was reflecting on a period of psychosis, feeling those same longing stomach pains, the memories made me nauseous. Speaking about the track Yoshi Flower said “I wrote this tune in a visceral wash of simultaneous worry and gratitude. Imagine Lil Uzi Vert as a character in Halo covering Linkin Park and you’ll be somewhere close, kind of. A propulsive, Need For Speed worthy track, ‘Just Cuz We’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Onto Us’ mixes arcade bleeps with driving guitars and almost emo-vocals, flirting with elements of hip hop in the process. However, on his new single, LA’s Yoshi Flower may have just got the balance right. From brief flirtations with 8-bit remixes (terrible) to Daft Punk’s whole TRON phase (less terrible, but still not great), the results have not been spectacular. Electronic music has been flirting with video game soundtracks for a couple of decades now. ![]()
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