ess.Traumatic changes in a persons life such as death, divorce, moving, or new friends cantrigger bulimia. Also personality traits such as a person who is deathly afraid to fail and is madthat they cant excel anymore, finds comfort in becoming bulimic. Lastly, if the sufferer is a teen, she or he might be fearing puberty. They might be scared toleave their childhood, so they try to maintain their childhood body. Those causes are known as theemotional triggers of bulimia. Family circumstances can be another great issue for bulimics. Being bulimic may seemlike a way of self control if the person comes from a demanding family. Frustration could beanother major ingredient of bulimia. Frustration can be found in a family that lackscommunication, or a family that provides no encouragement or support. In a way, if the personfeels that their family hasnt helped them, being bulimic could be a way of getting revenge at thefamily. The kid also could be getting pressure from a family member to be skinny, or may havepicked up bulimia inherited genes it is genetic. The most common cause for bulimia among teens is social pressure. Ellen Erlangerexplains that whether the person is trying to hang out with a group of bulimics, or somebodysimply makes a comment about their physical appearance that could easily cause depression thatleads down the path of the binge-purge cycle. Sometimes, even if they are involved in a sport thatrequires you to be fit, such as cheerleading, they believe they can get into shape by fooling aroundwith bulimia. (39).Finally, the most seen cause of bulimia for anybody is the media. A newspaper articlecalled "Hungry Hearts" stresses that there are so many skinny people in the media that itencourages young girls to try to become skinny. Because thinness is thought about too much inthis culture, bigger people get mocked and teased. The media gives off the impression that theonly way to be beautiful is to be skinny, which isnt the ...
