Coping with Eating Disorder.

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Eating Disorder

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Whats the first thought that pops in your mind when you hear the word Eating Disorder?

Definition: An eating disorder is termed as a mental disorder which is defined by improper eating habits of a person which affects their physical health or mental health negatively.

Types of Eating Disorder:

1-Binge Eating Disorder.

2-Anorexia Nervosa.

3-Bulimia Nervosa.

4-Pica

5-Rumination Disorder

6-Avoidant Food Intake Disorder.

The most common forms of eating disorders include Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder and affect both females and males.

Binge Eating Disorder (BED): Binge eating disorder (BED) is an eating disorder related to frequent and recurrent binge eating periods with associated negative mental and social problems, but without subsequent purging episodes (e.g. vomiting).

Anorexia Nervosa: Anorexia nervosa, also referred to simply as anorexia is an eating disorder characterized by low weight, fear of gaining weight, and a strong desire to be thin, resulting in food restriction. Many people with anorexia see themselves as overweight even though they are in fact underweight. If asked they usually deny they have a problem with low weight.

Bulimia Nervosa: Bulimia Nervosa is a psychological and it is severe life-threatening eating disorder defined by the ingestion of large amount of food in short time period and in improper way followed by an attempt to avoid gaining weight by removing what was consumed.

Causes:

Eating disorders can be developed during any stage in your life but typically appear during the teen years or young adulthood. Termed as a medical illness, Proper treatment can be highly effective for many of the specific types of eating disorders.

Although these conditions are treatable, the symptoms and consequences can be harmful and deadly if not addressed. Eating disorders commonly coexist with other conditions, such as anxiety disorders, sexual abuse, or depression.

Treatment:

Medical Treatment is very important to treat eating disorder.

Counselling is another way to treat the issue of your eating disorder

Medications which might help you in reducing binge eating or purging behavior

Nutrition would include weight restoration and stabilization and guidance for proper eating.

The size of my waist has nothing to do with my worth

Personal Experience:

I have decided to share my personal experience with everyone here on 7 cups. I have once gone through the disorder of binge eating so I know how it feels personally. I developed this habit because of my loneliness most of the times. This disorder really costed me when I would always being told that I cannot take part in any school performances or in sports such as Football, Cricket & I would always being told to join as an audience. I was really fed up from this condition & I would be very easy to point out in big crowdings & I would always being bullied by other students of my school. What I did? I then made a firm decision to change my life after almost two & half years of binge eating. I decided to start doing interim fasting. In just few months I recovered from my disorder of binge eating & this platform 7 Cups also helped me a lot in recovering. I also started doing exercises such as Shadow Boxing to keep myself in shape. I also considered doing YOGA because I realized that the boxing thing was kind of making me aggressive & I would usually get myself into fights with other bullys at my school & now since I have converted to Yoga I feel peace around me at all times, I feel myself energized and I have started being happy more and now Im really happy to have recovered from this disorder. I really wish for all those who are currently trying to get over this disorder & I just want to say to them that: Youre not alone in this and you can do this. I really hope that this article have helped you in good means, if it did then leave your comments below and let me know how you feel after reading this.

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