What Types of Eating Disorder are there?
The practice of an eating disorder can be viewed as a survival mechanism. Just as an alcoholic uses alcohol to cope, a person with an eating disorder can use eating, purging or restricting to deal with their problems. Some of the underlying issues that are associated with an eating disorder include low self-esteem, depression, feelings of loss of control, feelings of worthlessness, identity concerns, family communication problems and an inability to cope with emotions. The practice of an eating disorder may be an expression of something that the eating disordered individual has found no other way of expressing. Eating disorders are usually divided into three categories: Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Compulsive Overeating. Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia is a disorder where the main characteristic is the restriction of food and the refusal to maintain a minimal normal body Weight. Any actual gain or even perceived gain of Weight is met with intense fear by the Anorexic. Not only is th
