| ent"> | | | | exercises. This illness is so severe that it actually takes |
| In today’s society being slim or slender is very | | | | years to conquer and defeat it. |
| important. Because of this women are starting to | | | | Anorexia affects not only the actual person suffering |
| suffer more and more. In order to lock right some over | | | | from it, but also the people around them. Family and |
| do it and end up starving them selves and exercising | | | | friends will sometimes feel exasperated and very |
| more than they should. This kind of eating disorders | | | | confused. For those who do not know the anorexic |
| are actually starting to become real epidemics, | | | | patient, their behavior might seem selfish or even in |
| especially among teenage girls and young women. The | | | | some cases manipulative. The fact is that anorexia is |
| fact is that the women suffering from this disease | | | | a serious mental problem caused by sadness and |
| have a deep felling of inadequacy and ineffectiveness | | | | distress. |
| about them selves. We call this disorder anorexia | | | | Anorexia can be a very severe disorder. If left |
| nervosa. The fact about it is that not many people | | | | untreated people can even die from it. Compared with |
| know a lot about this. | | | | a lot of other mental illnesses it has one of the highest |
| Parents alone do not cause the onset of anorexia. | | | | death rates. If anyone feels that he is experiencing any |
| Cultural, genetic and personality factors have a lot to | | | | type of symptoms similar to the ones of anorexia, help |
| do with who or who doesn’t develop the | | | | should be looked after right away. |
| disease. People do a lot to maintain the standard slim | | | | The most predominant symptom in anorexic people is |
| silhouette that many wish they had. The awful truth | | | | their refusal to eat properly so that they can have a |
| about anorexic people is that they always feel fat, | | | | normal weight to body ratio. One should always |
| unattractive and of course inadequate. They always a | | | | maintain a body weight of about 85% of what is |
| feeling of being trapped and scared. | | | | considered to be typical for someone the similar size. |
| Anorexia is a very tough disorder to beat. People | | | | The way it manifests is that the patient has a |
| suffering from this disorder have a constant care | | | | constant, if not growing, fear about getting fat or even |
| about body weight, physical image and of course food | | | | putting on weight. The fear can be so severe as to |
| and calories. The seriousness of the disease is so | | | | continue even in the brink of death. Most often the |
| great that patients can’t escape this thoughts | | | | person also has a very poor image about it’s |
| even in their dreams. They can vary from a simple | | | | self. In their opinion the way one looks is very important |
| worry to awful nightmares about calories and | | | | for the image that people have about you. |