Anorexia Nervosa Anorexia nervosa is a serious, potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterized by self-starvation and excessive weight loss. Symptoms Inadequate food intake leading to a weight that is clearly too low. Intense fear of weight gain, obsession with weight and persistent behavior to prevent weight gain. Self-esteem overly related to body image. Inability to appreciate the severity of the situation. Binge-Eating/Purging Type involves binge eating and/or purging behaviors during the last three months. Restricting Type does not involve binge eating or purging. Eating disorders experts have found that prompt intensive treatment significantly improves the chances of recovery. Therefore, it is important to be aware of some of the warning signs of anorexia nervosa. About Anorexia Nervosa Approximately 90-95% of anorexia nervosa sufferers are girls and women. Between 0.5–1% of American women suffer from anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is one of the most common psychiatric diagnoses in young women. Between 5-20% of individuals struggling with anorexia nervosa will die The probabilities of death increases within that range depending on the length of the condition. Anorexia nervosa has one of the highest death rates of any mental health condition. Anorexia nervosa typically appears in early to mid-adolescene PLEASE DON'T MAKE FUN OF THE PEOPLE THAT SUFFER ANOREXIA AND HELP THEM
Yeah especially with societal judgements and what is viewed as beautiful or hot. Wrote a speech on this, and I concur. More awareness should be brought upon this topic
"Don't make fun of..." I can smell that you're a troll, or rather a wannabe. Wait, no that's my fart.
Lmao ? I think we should definitely be friends now Edit: was for the person above art but same art same
I'm so tired with people that think I'm stupid... actually you're stupid for not realizing that takane is just character.
You copied and pasted with added bb coding. No way your i r baboon talking ass wrote that much with no mistakes
I NEVER SAID I TYPE ALL OF IT... JUST SOME EDITTING LOL THX FOE CHECKING OUT ON THE REAL WEBSITE THOUGH , I CAN SEE THAT IT U REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS
This is about awareness of the issue though so I'll try keeping it to that. It is sad how people are so affected by the judgment of others that they resort to these things. It's like we're imprisoning ourselves with opinions that don't really define us and yet we feel the need to be defined by others as well. It's a vicious cycle. ?
Anyway, perhaps now you'd stop calling people fat pigs, especially because an affected teen might actually believe it and feel bad. Good thread!
I know you're not all troll, you still have that .99% in you that's good. Great job Takane, very informative thread. Also, I think the song Pretty Hurts By Beyoncé would relate to this. When people ask you, " Are you happy with yourself, " what do you think? Are you? Always remember, real girls aren't perfect.