According to the family life study, eating disorders can be triggered by lack of support following a death in the family, relationship problems, physical or emotional abuse, and sexual assault. Take steps to protect yourself by talking with someone to receive emotional support you need.
The study showed that young people who developed anorexia or bulimia one of these six the transitional events.
1) School transitions from junior high to high school or the stress of leaving home and going away to college or university
2) Changes in relationships whether the break up with a boyfriend or the end of their parents relationships. Many young women sited their fathers being distant from them and getting involved with another women after the family divorce that led them to an eating disorder.
3) Death of a family member and lack of emotional support following the death
4) Home or job transition. When families move young people across the country or even across the city they lose their social support system. Others youth find it difficult to work with peers they cannot relate to.
5) Hospitalization or severe illness. Discovering you have no control over your health or body led some people to developing anorexia or bulimia
6) Abuse/ sexual assault/incest. Many women report eating excessive amounts of food to hide their pain or hope to hide behind or in fat bodies in order to escape from being sexualized by others.