Eating Disorders

1. Anorexia Nervosa:

An eating disorder in which the person suffering from it has an immense fear about gaining weight. They obsess about what they eat or don’t eat in order to make their body the skinniest it can be in fear of being considered undesirable. This fear often leads to the person being heavily underweight and malnourished while still desiring to be even skinnier.

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2. Bulimia Nervosa: 

An eating disorder in which a person makes themselves throw up (purge) the food they eat they've eaten. One may do this in order to keep themselves from gaining weight, or because said person feels a type of guilt after eating in which purging alleviates that guilt. Someone with this disorder may also have another disorder such as anorexia or binge-eating disorder to constitute said purging.

 

3. Binge-eating Disorder

An eating disorder in which a person often compulsively eats and has a hard time stopping. This is often brought on stress, anxiety, sadness, and grief. Someone may occasionally binge eat and not have this disorder, but if this is a regular occurrence it may be a sign you have this disorder.

 

4. Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

ARFID is an eating disorder that causes one to restrict their diet due to their fear or disgust of certain tastes, smells, or textures of different foods. Although it might just look like someone is a picky eater, what makes it much more harmful is the fact that one might have too little foods they can eat comfortably. This can prevent them from eating the necessary nutrition or vitamins needed to grow or function.

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Treatments

There are various treatments for EDs including psychotherapy and nutritional counseling. These can help you get to the roots of why you’ve developed these disorders as well as learning how to get back on your feet and being able to eat regular, healthy meals again.