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Halie Cottrill
Truckee Meadows Community College
Psychology 101

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This morning I witnessed the sun rising high above the horizon, it was mesmerizing. After donning my wetsuit, I snatched my surfboard and sprinted out to the beach. As I entered the water, I felt all of my stress and fears wash away in the salty water. I caught my first wave, and I felt clarity for the first time in a long time. All of my previous troubles were left in the abyss. When I had paddled back to shore, I reflected on the previous experiences I had with surfing. It was never this easy for me, and I knew I would only become a better surfer from here.

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I've been surfing on the emotional coast for a long time.  I would constantly jump in the ocean without knowing how to ride the waves. The waves would crash on my body, suffocating me, making me feel hopeless. It wasn't until recently that I had the courage to ask for guidance. With that being said, what I thought was "surfing," was my eating disorder. I utilized it as a tool while jumping into the ocean of emotion. My ocean has never really been regulated, or what others perceive as "normal." My guidance was entering treatment for my eating disorder. When I was in treatment, I had discovered that I have Bipolar II. Being in treatment, I discovered I wasn't the only one surfing these semi-catastrophic waves. Others in treatment suffered from a wide variety of mental illnesses.

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The Research Beyond the Story : Your Next Destination

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The Research Beyond the Story : Your Next Destination

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When I was going through articles,  I came across the "Cormorbidity between eating disorders and psychiatric disorders." (Momen et al., 2022.) Need I say more? It was calling my name for obvious reasons, now it'll be calling yours. Next up, learning paradise!

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This study was done "to identify patterns of comorbidity" (Momen et al., 2022) with eating disorders and mental illnesses. There has been studies evaluating eating disorders and psychiatric disorders, but there was not a lot of information that commingles the two. (Momen et al., 2022.)  This was a broad and elongated study involving multiple psychiatric disorders, eating disorders, and even risks (mortality).

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"To provide estimates of the bidirectional associations between eating disorders and other psychiatric disorders, we examined: (a) the risk of diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder after being diagnosed with a specific eating disorder (i.e., prior eating disorder‐later psychiatric disorder) and (b) the risk of diagnosis with a specific eating disorder after being diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder.(i.e., prior psychiatric disorder‐later eating disorder)." (Momen et al., 2022.)

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The researchers went into depths and dissected many aspects regarding mental illnesses and eating disorders. The variables  included : Gender, age of onset (for mental illness and or eating disorders,) different types of eating disorders and mental illnesses, and much more. (Momen et al., 2022.)  Since this study was over a long period of time, they also calculated some risk factors. Unfortunately, when dealing with such significant risk factors among the general population, some of the participants did not survive. (Momen et al., 2022.)

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"This population‐based study, comprising over 3 million individuals, shows bidirectional comorbidity between specific types of eating disorders and a broad range of other psychiatric disorders. We found that relative risks of receiving an AN or an OED diagnosis are elevated among those with psychiatric disorders, and vice versa; the magnitude of the risks differed between the two types of eating disorders slightly, but not substantially, for most eating disorder‐psychiatric disorder pairs. Absolute risks for each of the later disorders were also raised among those with each prior disorder of interest, for example personality, mood and neurotic disorders were all diagnosed within 15 years for more than 15% of those with an AN or OED diagnosis."(Momen et al., 2022.)   (OED = Other Eating Disorder, AN =Anorexia Nervosa) (Momen et al., 2022.)

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In the grand scheme of things, this study made me feel a little less alone in the world. We're all just riding life's waves and getting up as they knock us down. My personal hypothesis was correct, there is a pretty massive correlation between the two; furthermore,  they go together like peas and carrots in a sense. (Momen et al., 2022.)  There is a higher level or comorbidity between psychiatric disorders and personality disorders (Momen et al., 2022,) which I found interesting but not surprising. Being someone in that statistic, I can unfortunately see the unhealthy relationship. An eating disorder can be like a parasite, it latches on to emotions.

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The study provided was informative and had precise detail; moreover, the research paper as a whole was important. It wasn't very concise, and it was difficult to provide all of the important information. Regardless, it was the best study I have seen. I hope that others will utilize this information, they can wax their surfboard with it and get a new perspective.  As for myself, I will be continuing my healing era. I will also utilize all of the information I have obtained as I continue to surf through the challenges I may endure.

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If you are struggling, or you know somebody who is struggling, please understand that you are not alone. There are resources available to you.

1-800-662-4357 (SAMHSA's National Helpline)

https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline

1-800-931-2237 (NEDA Helpline)

https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline#:~:text=(800)%20931%2D2237,-Monday%E2%80%94Thursday%203pm&text=Contact%20the%20NEDA%20Helpline%20for,support%20and%20information%20you%20need.