Bulimia is a disorder of eating behavior. Like anorexia is reinforced by the pressure that women feel to be beautiful and be thin.
The message of the media beauty = happiness = thin.
Usually they are people with the right weight. Do not present the image can be seen in skeletal to anorexia. Bulimia is characterized by episodes where a person eats a lot and then vomiting or purging occurs. Bulimia can lead to anorexia.
Bulimia Like other eating disorders is related to:
Low self-esteem
Family Problems
Fear of growth or to take responsibility
Social pressure
Some features of bulimia
- Obsession with food.
- Episodes of eating an exaggerated and then vomiting occur. They do it in secret.
- Use of laxatives after over-eating also secretly
- Make a lot of exercises after the episodes about eating
- They lose the sense of fullness that normal people have.
- Irregular menstrual periods
- Damage to the teeth by frequent vomiting.
- Brittle nails
- Depression or irritability, frequent
Treatment
It is similar to anorexia. It requires psychological therapy and counseling in the areas of nutrition and personal care.
The clinical treatment may require the use of drugs against depression.
Support groups are also important as joining in church groups, groups of friends and of course family support.
Some practical advice
If you think you suffer from bulimia or anorexia nervosa or you have a friend or relative with this problem you can:
Go to the doctor to diagnose the disease
Find support groups
Keep a journal to vent and to establish patterns of behavior
Seeking help in the church if you have
Reinforce a positive image with real words: you look pretty, you’re a good friend, you are so good daughter.
Alternative medicine
- Practice meditation or visualization. In viewing the person needs to reinforce a positive image of itself.
- Having a gratitude journal where you write each day he was the nicest thing he saw during the day: a flower, animal, smiling friends and so on.
- Try to join a group that provides social services to focus on something other than the person.
- Relaxing activities like yoga, massage, aromatherapy etc. Relaxing therapies such as acupuncture.
Tags: anorexia., Bulimia
