What is some starving methods for anorexia, im doing a research paper and i would like to know this?

Anorexia is a mental illness characterised by a dangerously low body weight, starving oneself, a huge fear of weightgain, body dysmorphia - seeing the body as much fatter than it really is, and missing periods from malnutrition. Anorexia is the most deadly psychiatric illness and has a low level of recovery. Anorexia is not just someone starving to lose weight.


Bulimia is another mental illness which is characterised by uncontrollably bingeing on huge amounts of food, going to extreme measures to prevent weight gain (such as vomiting, laxatives, diuretics, enemas, fasting and exercise) and self-esteem that is affected directly by weight and body shape. Bulimia also has a low level of recovery, and is not just throwing up your meals to prevent getting fat (this is often an eating disorder - though not bulimia).


Eating disorders are not about wanting to be thin and pretty - they are covering up much more serious psychological issues, such as childhood sexual abuse, depression, severe anxiety, personality disorders, etc. They also don't start suddenly - they develop gradually over many months or years.





The first step in recovery is to make efforts to stop eating disordered behavior. As this change to healthier behaviors continues, the patient pulls out of the eating disorder. Behaviors that need to be changed usually include eating rituals and thinking in black and white terms. A later step is going off a meal plan and freely choosing food, a more normal behavior. At still later stages, the patient can avoid reacting to a “bad” body image day, is no longer obsessing about fat, calories or weight.





Overeating, under eating and purging are ways to avoid feelings, thoughts, discomforts and life. The avoidance is the real problem. Like drugs, however, food and restricting food affects body chemistry, so that a person can be addicted to starving. There is a temporary change when the body starves that produces a slight endorphin rush, so the body has energy to hunt for food. Some treatment techniques are listed below. For more treatment information, see Bulimia/Anorexia, The Binge/Purge Cycle and Self-Starvation, by Marlene Boskind-White, Ph.D. and William C. White, Jr., Ph.D.;





I. Education





Anorexic patients need to be educated about the effects of starvation on their bodies and on their thinking. Irrational beliefs about nutrition need to be challenged and accurate beliefs learned. White and White also tell patients why they can’t pick out a celebrity and copy their weight, or just pick a weight by explaining the genetics of metabolism, set point and critical weight (necessary for resumption of menses). (Source: Bulimia/Anorexia, The Binge/Purge Cycle and Self-Starvation, by Marlene Boskind-White, Ph.D. and William C. White, Jr., Ph.D., 2000)











II. Metaphors





One approach to treatment of eating disorders is to find the metaphors in the particular behaviors. There are many metaphors in eating disorders and investigating these helps people with anorexia know themselves better. Then they can accept themselves and stop hiding. Here are some of the possible metaphors:





1. Starvation: “deny thy self’, usually tied into self-worth issue, deprivation because one feels deprived of something, the quest for purity-linked to feeling dirty, possible fear of being an adult and so starving away the adult shape.





2. Binge: wanting to take a lot in quickly, fear of not having enough, fear of losing out or missing something, fear of abandonment, desire to “fill up” because life feels empty.





3. Purge: get rid of, get out violently, often there is a need to release anger, rage, pent up emotions, this is a dramatic act, a powerful statement is trying to be made, trying to rid oneself of things they don’t like.





4. Sugar Foods: a desire for sweetness (ask how else you can find sweetness in life), a sugar rush (false energy used to offset depression).





5. Crunchy Foods: to bite down and chew can be an aggressive act; this may be related to unresolved and unexpressed anger.











hope this helps you and your report. :LINKS TO WEBSITES ON ANOREXIA AND EATING DISORDERS





http://www.something-fishy.org/, one of the largest sites on eating disorders





http://www.caringonline.com/, many links, latest articles





http://www.bodycage.com/





http://anorexicweb.com


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What is some starving methods for anorexia, im doing a research paper and i would like to know this?
Some anorexics use laxatives as a weight to get out all the excess "stuff" out of their system. They do vigorous excercising without eating a single thing all day. They will eat the minimum amount of food as possible; they'll eat something like a piece of celery because it has no calories, no fat, no cholesterol, or a piece of fruit in small amounts, they will eat small amounts of vegetables and maybe bread.
Reply:The starving method for anorexia is to stop eating a healthy amount of food.





It's very very dangerous. It causes a person to grow excess body hair, and it also slows down their metabolism so whatever food they do it gets stored as fat much more readily. It causes a person's hair and teeth to become brittle. It gives a person terrible pains in the stomach, and makes them tired and dizzy all the time. Their urine may turn red if their body starts breaking down muscle instead of fat(which makes it even harder to lose weight, since adequate muscle mass is necessary for exercise). It makes a person lose all they joy from life, and regret they'd ever done it, and forget why they ever did it to begin with.