- DEPRESSION
- ANOREXIA NERVOSA
- BULIMIA NERVOSA
- CONFIDENCE AND SELF-ESTEEM ISSUES
DEPRESSION
- Major depressive disorder or major depression
- Dysthymic disorder or dysthymia
- Minor depression
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ANOREXIA
Anorexia is a serious eating disorder that affects women and men of all ages. It can damage your health and even threaten your life. But you're not alone. There's help available when you're ready to make a change. You deserve to be happy. Treatment will help you feel better and learn to value yourself.
Anorexia nervosa is a complex eating disorder with three key features:
- refusal to maintain a healthy body weight
- an intense fear of gaining weight
- a distorted body image
While people with anorexia often deny having a problem, the truth is that anorexia is a serious and potentially deadly eating disorder. Fortunately, recovery is possible. With proper treatment and support, you or someone you care about can break anorexia’s self-destructive pattern and regain health and self-confidence.
Are you anorexic?
- Do you feel fat even though people tell you you’re not?
- Are you terrified of gaining weight?
- Do you lie about how much you eat or hide your eating habits from others?
- Are your friends or family concerned about your weight loss, eating habits, or appearance?
- Do you diet, compulsively exercise, or purge when you’re feeling overwhelmed or bad about yourself?
- Do you feel powerful or in control when you go without food, over-exercise, or purge?
- Do you base your self-worth on your weight or body size?
The difference between dieting and anorexia
Healthy Dieting
- dieting is an attempt to control weight.
- Your self-esteem is based on more than just weight and body image.
- You view weight loss as a way to improve your health and appearance.
Anorexia
- Anorexia is an attempt to control your life and emotions.
- Your self-esteem is based entirely on how much you weigh and how thin you are.
- You view weight loss as a way to achieve happiness.
- Becoming thin is all that matters; health is not a concern.
Major risk factors for anorexia nervosa
- Body dissatisfaction
- Strict dieting
- Low self-esteem
- Difficulty expressing feelings
- Perfectionism
- Troubled family relationships
- History of physical or sexual abuse
- Family history of eating disorders
WEBSITE: -----> (http://www.helpguide.org/mental/anorexia_signs_symptoms_causes_treatment.htm)
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Bulimia
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by frequent episodes of binge eating, followed by frantic efforts to avoid gaining weight. It affects women and men of all ages.
When you’re struggling with bulimia, life is a constant battle between the desire to lose weight or stay thin and the overwhelming compulsion to binge eat.
You don’t want to binge—you know you’ll feel guilty and ashamed afterwards—but time and again you give in. During an average binge, you may consume from 3,000 to 5,000 calories in one short hour.
Effects:
- Weight gain
- Abdominal pain, bloating
- Swelling of the hands and feet
- Chronic sore throat, hoarseness
- Broken blood vessels in the eyes
- Swollen cheeks and salivary glands
- Weakness and dizziness
- Tooth decay and mouth sores
- Acid reflux or ulcers
- Ruptured stomach or esophagus
- Loss of menstrual periods
- Chronic constipation from laxative abuse
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