heavyweightheart:

and even tho ppl with a trauma/abuse history constitute the vast majority of the eating disorder population, what we hear about most frequently from ED orgs, research institutions, ED professionals via the media, and (my least favorite category, as you know lol) parent advocacy groups, are those cases which are viewed as entirely biologically caused, w mention of the thin ideal thrown in. no acknowledgement of the roles that dysfunctional parents or unsafe environments play in the development of the disorder