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Episode 29: The Anorexic Dynamic. Or: Why eating disorders are not about the food

Lives of the Unconscious. A Podcast on Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy

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The Psychodynamics of Anorexia

Anorexia means a lack of desire or craving. Lack of control over one's own eating is often taken as a sign of personal weakness. Media images of women, mostly young, as emaciated skeletons are certainly only one extreme. Anorexic disorders frequently revolve around the psychology of secrets And secrecy in general. We want to mainly address the psychodynamics of anorexia Focusing in particular on women and anorexia.

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