Archive for the ‘Understanding Eating Disorders’ Category

  • Eating Disorder Symptoms

    Saturday, August 1st, 2009

    There is a quick screening tool that can give you an idea if you or someone you know may be suffering from an eating
    disorder.  While eating disorder symptoms are vast, these questions will indicate if there is a problem.
     
     
    Do you make yourself sick because you feel uncomfortably full?

    Clearly this question will indicate bulimic [...]

  • Eating Disorders Have No Age Limit

    Friday, July 24th, 2009

    In the past people believed eating disorders were just for young girls, and would resolve naturally by age 25. It has become clear, as more people speak out, that eating disorders have no age limit.  In fact, people who thought they were recovered often find themselves triggered again at certain points throughout the life cycle.
    Eating [...]

  • The Purpose of the Eating Disorder

    Monday, July 20th, 2009

    What is the purpose of the eating disorder?  So often those who are unfamiliar with eating disorders assume they are based in a quest for thinness.  Even those who struggle with one may believe it is about weight or body size.
    Do not be fooled.  No matter what happens with weight, the disorder will continue.  If [...]