Further Exploring

Today, I took the time to further explore the general information about eating disorders. I read about three general and common eating disorders; Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. Anorexia is self-starvation. People have an  irrational fear that if they eat, the will get fat. People who suffer from bulimia try to prevent weight gain by following a cycle of dieting, binge eating, and then purging. These are also behavioral disorders. These people's eating is not the only thing affected. They suffer in many other ways such as the body system being disturbed, their minds are affected, also their everyday social lives are altered. They act in certain ways that they would never have before. These are behavioral disorders because these people feel compelled to do this to themselves and continuously do these behaviors. These disorders are lethal. Anorexia has the highest death rate of any psychiatric condition. The anorexics that purge as well are at the most risk because they are starved and throw up. Some of the complications that come with starving are slow heart rate, low blood pressure, faintness, dizziness, intolerance to cold, thinning hair, constipation, weakness and fatigue, and loss of monthly period. Many times these people do not only have eating disorders, but it is also accompanied by depression or anxiety. In other words, many of these people also have mood disorders. Eating disorders are dangerous and most of the time require extensive help to overcome.