How to Identify If You Have an Eating Disorder
Do you always worry about gaining weight?
Do you attempt to lose weight by starving yourself?
Do you eat an extremely low fat diet? Do you feel fat no matter how much weight you lose? If this is you or your child, you may suffer with anorexia. Anorexics may suffer from brittle bones, brittle hair and nails, thin skin, anemia, constipation, or lethargy. You may appear skeletal. You may be more susceptible to other illnesses, which could become fatal.
You could have started out on a diet to lose a few pounds and continued to drop weight because you felt successful. You may have also developed a sense of control when your life seemed chaotic. You do not want to gain weight under any circumstances.
Bulimia
Do you struggle with feelings of shame over the secret of binging and purging?
Bulimia is characterized by bouts of binge eating, followed by secret efforts to rid one’s self of food. Some of the desperate methods people use to purge food include vomiting, fasting, excessive exercise, diuretics, and laxatives.
If you are bulimic you may not be underweight, however, you may feel inadequate that your body is not perfect. You may experience a sense of low self-esteem or self- loathing because of a poor body image.
Binge Eating Disorder
Do you spend too much time thinking about food? Does food serve as a distraction from uncomfortable moments in your life?
Compulsive overeating may be your way of avoiding painful feelings.
Binge Eating Disorder is repeated binging to “numb out stress”. You may feel shame or disgust when you cannot control your eating. Even a small amount of food you deem “illegal” might be considered a binge.
You stuff yourself to the point where you feel painfully full. Often the binge eating is done in secrete. Even though you are upset, you may feel unable to STOP!
Binge eating disorder can cause weight gain, high blood pressure, diabetes, gallbladder problems, heart issues, poor circulation, joint deterioration, as well as other difficulties
October 29th, 2008 at 11:16 am
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