| We ask ourselves what is an eating disorder; we also | | | | gone unnoticed can be fatal. |
| tell ourselves that it is not me. Most people inflicted with | | | | 2. Bulimia - This disease causes severe devastation in |
| an eating disorder go to many lengths to conceal their | | | | its control over ones self. Those inflicted with Bulimia |
| affliction from family and friends. Eating disorders are | | | | are addictive bingers, and cannot control their |
| portrayed as a severe disturbance in their eating | | | | compulsive command to over indulge in eating. To |
| patterns. In a way this can be similar to a drug addict | | | | assist in what they feel compensates for their |
| using drugs to cope, a person with an eating disorder | | | | overwhelming desire to over eat, a bulimic will induce |
| can use eating and restricting themselves from dealing | | | | vomiting, use laxatives, diet pills, diuretics, fast, vigorous |
| with their problems. | | | | exercises and or whatever behavior to prevent weight |
| Some underlying issues that can cause a problem with | | | | gain. They consume large amounts of food in a very |
| eating are: | | | | short period of time. A Bulimic does its best to also |
| 1. Low Self Esteem. | | | | hide this behavior from family, friends. Also like |
| 2. Depression. | | | | Anorexic if this disorder goes unattended it also can |
| 3. Feelings that you are not in control. | | | | be fatal. |
| 4. Communication problems with parents and or | | | | 3. Compulsive Overeating - This usually works hand |
| friends. | | | | and hand with binge eating and depression. Food is |
| 5. A feeling that you are worthless. | | | | often a substitute of dealing with their true feelings; it is |
| 6. Unable to cope with their emotions | | | | much easier to eat. After over indulging ones self in |
| There is more than one type of Eating Disorder. There | | | | food, the compulsive overeater will feel of relief from |
| are three known: | | | | any stress caused by their feelings. This disease as |
| 1. Anorexia - Could be described as one starving | | | | well as Bulimia, and Anorexia is done in secret. Also |
| themselves, eating very small amounts of food. Any | | | | similar it the fact that they are all struggling with their |
| feelings that they have eaten too much and feel that | | | | weight. Compulsive overeaters can spend the entire |
| they have gained weight, overcomes them with | | | | day eating, going on eating binges, but then struggling |
| intense fear. The person with this disorder, which | | | | with their weight and becoming very un-happy. Medical |
| seems to be more common in teenagers are called | | | | complications also occur in this disease and can be |
| Anorexic. When an anorexic looks at them in the | | | | catastrophic and life threatening. |
| mirror, they see body fat that is not really there. Once | | | | We can only hope that we can recognize the capture |
| taken over by this disease Anorexics see body image | | | | of our children to these diseases. This tends to be a |
| distortions. The areas of the body that they find fault in | | | | problem for models, and actresses as they are |
| are those represented by sexuality and maturity. The | | | | engulfed in a very demanding job where, the physical |
| buttocks the hips, and thighs are all a very real delusion | | | | attributes of one are very important. Let us all keep |
| to an anorexic, so they eat less or sometimes eat and, | | | | our eyes wide open and look for the signs of these |
| regurgitate the food immediately after. This disease if | | | | disorders. |