Characteristics of Anorexic's Subconscious Programming
Anorexia Nervosa
Although the term anorexia nervosa means nervous loss of appetite, researchers have found that anorexics are indeed hungry. They have both physiological and cognitive feelings of hunger, together with 'a strong preoccupation with food’.
Anorexics are likely to discuss
recipes and cook elaborate meals for their families or
friends, but somehow they never have time to eat what
they prepare. If they do eat with others, most of the
time is spent cutting food into tiny pieces and moving
it around on the plate. If they actually eat, it is usually
when they are alone.
Research on starvation has shown that when people
are starving, for whatever reason, as long as they eat
more than 200 calories a day they will experience hunger.
If the consequences of starvation are so unpleasant,
why do anorexics find reinforcement in partially starving
themselves? There are some basic differences between
anorexics and people who starve involuntarily.
People with anorexia nervosa have an intense fear
of becoming fat even when they are obviously underweight.
They claim to "feel fat". To be considered anorexic,
a person must refuse to eat to such an extent that
his or her body weight is at least 20% percent below the
normal level, or fail to gain weight during a period of
growth so that his or her body weight is below
what would be expected. For women, the weight
loss must be great enough to result in the absence of at
least three consecutive menstrual cycles.
Anorexia is most common in middle- and upper-class
adolescent females. The first case of anorexia in a
black female was not reported until relatively recently.
Comparison of Psychological and Behavioral Changes in Starvation and Anorexia Nervosa
Mood or Feeling, States
Starvation: Lack of initiative; quarrelsome; indecisive; loss of concern about physical appearance
Anorexia nervosa: High initiative; strong-willed; pride in
personal appearance; frequent periods of feeling exuberant
Mental Content
Starvation: Thinking, dreaming, and daydreaming about eating food.
Anorexia nervosa: Same as in starvation, but preoccupation with thoughts of gaining weight continues after eating resumes
Activity Level
For ballet dancers, the more competitive their ballet school, the more likely they are to be anorexic.
Other Factors
Only one in every 100 to 150 teenage
girls age 15 and over becomes anorexic, and the rate
is even lower for younger girls. This suggests that other
factors besides sociocultural pressures play a role in the
development of anorexia.
In their attempts to understand this disorder, researchers
have divided anorexics into subgroups: those
who were thin primarily because of restricted food intake
(the restricted group) and those who, in addition
to restricting food intake, used vomiting and purging
with laxatives to control their weight (the bulimic anorexia
group). (Not all bulimics are anorexic. Some are
of average weight and use purging only to compensate
for the extremely high calorie intake during binges.)
There are a number of differences between the two.
Staroaium:
Decrease in sexual fantasies, feelings of interest, inability to
maintain erection (males); cessation of
menstruation (females).
Anorexia nervosa: Same
Cultural pressures encourage the idea that
thinness, beauty, and desirability are all part of a
package.
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Acting Out: (Verbally-Physically-Behaviorally)
Amenorrhea
Anger
Anorexic behavior/temperament
Anorexic debate
Anorexic identity
Anorexic voice
Anosognosia/anosognosic
Appetite
Appetite Suppressants
Body checking
Calorie
Calorie counting
Chewing & Spitting (Chew-spit)
Cognitive distortions
Denial
Dishonesty
Eating rituals
Environmental triggers
Fear of fatness
Food Preoccupation
Forbidden foods
General Symptoms of Eating Disorders
Irritability
Ketosis
Lactose intolerance
Lanugo
Perfectionism
Perseveration
Prevalence of Eating Disorders
Purge, purging
Restriction, restricting
Vegan
Vegetarian, vegetarianism
Amenorrhea
Anger
Anorexic behavior/temperament
Anorexic debate
Anorexic identity
Anorexic voice
Anosognosia/anosognosic
Appetite
Appetite Suppressants
Body checking
Calorie
Calorie counting
Chewing & Spitting (Chew-spit)
Cognitive distortions
Denial
Dishonesty
Eating rituals
Environmental triggers
Fear of fatness
Food Preoccupation
Forbidden foods
General Symptoms of Eating Disorders
Irritability
Ketosis
Lactose intolerance
Lanugo
Perfectionism
Perseveration
Prevalence of Eating Disorders
Purge, purging
Restriction, restricting
Vegan
Vegetarian, vegetarianism