Eating Disorders

Do you consider Anorexia, if you are really fat?

We have been studying eating disorders in school this month, and I wonder ….. Is it still considered anorexia if the person is actually fat. I know that anorexia is where you are deprived of food and eating little and stuff … but those people also are seen as being much larger than they are and never think they are thin enough. And that is a mental disorder set, so … but the same for a person who is really overweight? Thanks for your time!

yeah I'm anorexic and that may be of any weight.

The Media On Anorexia

Family Secrets: Second Helping $24.99 Second Helping: Starving herself to look the part has finally caught up with a former competitive junior skater. After being diagnosed as anorexic 15 years later, she must compete with her inner demons to get her life back on course….

Brave Girl Eating: A Family’s Struggle with Anorexia $11.98 I’ve never had anorexia, but I know it well. I see it on the street, in the gaunt and sunken face, the bony chest, the spindly arms of an emaciated woman. I’ve come to recognize the flat look of despair, the hopelessness that follows, inevitably, from years of starvation. I think: That could have been my daughter. It wasn’t. It’s not. If I have anything to say about it, it won’t be. Millions of…

Sexual Anorexia: Overcoming Sexual Self-Hatred $10.75 Here is a first-time examination of sexual anorexia: the extreme fear of sexual intimacy and obsessive avoidance of sex. Patric Carnes, the acknowledged leader in the treatment of compulsive sexual behavior, examines its causes, then describes concrete tasks and plans for exploring intimacy and restoring healthy sexuality….

Appetites: Why Women Want $24.00 The final and remarkable book of best-selling author Caroline Knapp underlines her gift of leveraging her life experiences into provocative lessons. On the surface, Appetites may appear to be about eating—-complete with Knapp’s unflinching account of her anorexia. In fact, Knapp is writing about how every woman can decipher her hunger and loneliness by connecting with her desire to experience ple…