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With 40+ years of experience with this particular issue, I can assure you that these problems existed before they even had a name and before t.v. was in everyones home.

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With 40+ years of experience with this particular issue, I can assure you that these problems existed before they even had a name and before t.v. was in everyones home.

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With 40+ years of experience with this particular issue, I can assure you that these problems existed before they even had a name and before t.v. was in everyone’s home. There is a psychological predisposition to developing these behaviors. Not everyone who sees what’s in the magazines, t.v. or movies will develop this obsessive-compulsive type disorder. Anorexia is the number ONE most fatal of ALL psychological disorders worldwide. Though the media certainly might instigate the disorder(s) it won’t happen in everyone. So, a personal responsibility needs to be in place. Like with an alcoholic, compulsive gambler, OCD sufferer and so on – the person effected must want to get better, pursue help and maintain it. When it comes to the media starting it? We ARE the media. You are. Your friends are. Your neighbors are. When we pay attention to the headlines or the standards, we fuel them and we propogate them. When we ignore them, like a bad t.v. series, it just goes away due to lack of inte

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