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What is Anorexia? 1 year 51 weeks ago

What is anorexia? Are you struggling with food addiction, denying yourself of nutrition, feeling out of control or are you suffering from low self esteem? Symptoms of anorexia and other eating disorders like bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, compulsive overeating all share a common link - food addiction and compulsive thoughts about food. Eating disorders can be deadly. Understanding eating disorders and getting treatment for eating disorders are vital in surviving an eating disorder.

How To Recognize the Signs of Anorexia and Bulimia 2 years 34 weeks ago

Two of the worlds most serious eating disorders are bulimia, which involves consuming large amounts of food and then purging them by either laxative abuse or self-induced vomiting; and anorexia nervosa, which is characterized by distorted body image and self-starvation. Although anorexia and bulimia are two separate disorders, many of those who are affected exhibit features of both.

Causes Of Anorexia | Causes Of Eating Disorders | Anorexia Nervosa 1 year 35 weeks ago

The causes of anorexia and other eating disorders are dynamic and multi-dimensional. With that in mind, trying to pinpoint a single cause for these illnesses is futile. The facts about anorexia show that what causes anorexia are a combination of society, individual predispositions and family relationships all play a role in the development and maintenance of anorexia and bulimia.

Anorexia, Bulimia, and the Drive for Perfection: The Link Between Eating Disorders and Perfectionism 2 years 29 weeks ago

There is an undeniable connection between the eating disorders anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa and the personality trait perfectionism. Eating disorders and perfectionism share many overlapping characteristics, including an insatiable striving towards unattainable goals. Anorexics’ and bulimics’ voracious drive for perfectionism results in a disregard of the detrimental consequences of the eating disorder on their health, well-being, and happiness. Perfectionists are more predisposed to developing an eating disorder than the general population.

What Is Bulimia | Ana Mia | Bulimia Info | Bulimia Nervosa 1 year 30 weeks ago

What Is Bulimia? Also known officially as Bulimia Nervosa or by a slang term, Ana Mia (anorexia/bulimia), it is a psychological eating disorder where the issue of control is one of its central features. In eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia there is usually a contradiction of control.