Eating Disorder – Bulimia Nervosa
An eating disorder is a series of unhealthy behaviours, such as eating very little or exercising too much, which is intended to make you thinner. Having an eating disorder is serious and can damage your heart, muscles, bones, skin, teeth and stomach. Sometimes girls start out with healthy eating or exercise habits and then become obsessed with eating less and less and exercising more and more. When the desire to be thin becomes more important than being healthy, it’s a problem.
Who gets eating disorder:
Anyone can develop an eating disorder regardless of age, race, gender or background. However, young women are most vulnerable, particularly between the ages of 14 and 25.
Symptoms of Eating Disorders
Eating Disorders are complex forms of illness that may involve biological, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects of a human being. The symptoms of eating disorders are wide in spectrum and present with varying characteristics. Perhaps the most classic symptoms involve out-of-control behaviors associated with food that are often seen as obsessive in thought and compulsive in action.
Bulimia Nervosa:
Bulimia Nervosa is characterized by a secretive cycle of binge eating followed by purging. Bulimia includes eating large amounts of food–more than most people would eat in one meal–in short periods
Binge Eating Disorders:
Binge Eating Disorders (also known as COMPULSIVE OVEREATING) is characterized primarily by periods of uncontrolled, impulsive, or continuous eating beyond the point of feeling comfortably full. While there is no purging, there may be sporadic fasts or repetitive diets and often feelings of shame or self-hatred after a binge. People who overeat compulsively may struggle with anxiety, depression, and loneliness, which can contribute to their unhealthy episodes of binge eating. Body weight may vary from normal to mild, moderate, or severe obesity.
Causes of Eating Disorders
Although many people view these behaviors as self-destructive acts, most individuals who develop eating disorders do not usually perceive their behaviors as self-harmful. Actually, most patients feel that they began the behaviors to try to fix other problems. The most common reason therapists hear from people about why they began self-starvation, bingeing or purging is that at some point they felt terribly out of control — whether because of something they were feeling inside themselves or something that was happening to them from their outside environment.
Remedies for Eating Disorders
Keep upto date with your treatment plan. Try not to miss your therapy sessions and try not to stray from meal plans.
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