Eating Disorders:

-Anorexia
-Bulimia
-Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
-Self-Injury.net
-Prevent A Relapse

Please Note: Additional time and effort will be put in to improve the accuracy, organization, and utility of these pages. A section on compulsive overeating is soon to be submitted.

Disclaimer: I am not qualified to provide diagnosis, treatment, or medical advice. This information is NO substitute for professional help. *Always* seek professional help for an eating disorder or any other mental condition.

"Eating Disorders are all about the self- a self that somehow claims the center of attention without while refusing to claim its own true needs and wants."

"An eating disorder is a complex compulsion to eat, or not eat, in a way which disturbs physical and mental health. Often the symptoms can seem as extreme, or as extensions of culturally acceptable behavior and preoccupations. The eating may be excessive or limited, may include normal eating punctuated with episodes of purging, may include cycles of binging and purging, or may encompass the ingesting of non-foods. The most commonly known eating disorders are Anorexia nervosa and Bulimia nervosa. The most widely and rapidly spreading eating disorder is compulsive overeating or Binge eating disorder...All three can cause severe, immediate and long-term health issues and can cause death."

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