Knowing about Anorexia Nervosa
January 30th, 2010
Anorexia nervosa is a disease that usually occurs on young women, but can also occur on young men and also on adult men and women. People with anorexia disease, they are obsessed to be thin. They are trying to lose much of their weight and fear about their weight. They believe that they were overweight even though they are very thin indeed.
Anorexia is not just a problem with food or weight. Anorexia is an attempt to use food and weight to solve problems that related to emotional.
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With this disorder, a strong fear of gaining weight causes a person to eat very little, and sometimes stop eating altogether. Body weight drops below a healthy minimum weight, but the person suffering still feels like she needs to lose weight. She sees herself as if in a funhouse mirror. Though she’s extremely thin, she sees an overweight person who still needs to lose weight. This distorted body image leads to more weight loss. If not caught early, weight loss can become so extreme that it becomes life threatening. While mostly women and girls develop anorexia nervosa, a small percentage of victims are men. Aside from weight issues, there are control issues for someone suffering from anorexia. The ability to control everything that goes into a person’s body makes them feel powerful. And the more they restrict what they eat, the more in control they feel.