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Insight Guides Eating Disorders
Eating disorders can most clearly be divided into three areas: Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa and Compulsive Overeating.
These disorders all share three things: 1) a preoccupation and obsession with food 2) The use or noon-use of food
is out of control and 3) Preoccupation with body shape, weight and appearance as a determination of self esteem. At
least 90% of all people with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa are female. Compulsive over eating effects more
females than males. Although these are distinct disorders and will be addressed in this pamphlet, there is often some
overlap among these disorders. Grieving People have a tendency to grieve the loss of someone they love in much the way they have learned to grieve other losses
in their life. By the time we become adults, each of us has experienced loss many times. Each time we experience a
loss, we react, we respond, we cope, we grieve, and in the process, we develop our own particular coping style. Hence,
all of us have developed our own particular coping styles, our own ways of responding to loss, our own grieving processes. Sleep A life without sleep can feel like a life out of control. More than 100 million American have sleep problems which
can lead to exhaustion and further problems. School and work performance may suffer, leisure activities and social
events may be avoided, there may be more susceptibility to physical illness, depression and anxiety may increase and
quality of life can severly deteriorate. Suicide In a community the size of the University of Colorado at Boulder, it is not uncommon that suicide thoughts, gestures
and attempts occur, especially among students. A variety of social, economic, cultural and psychological conditions
or circumstances can combine to cause this situation, including personal crisis, interpersonal loss, loneliness and
a sense of alienation (often associated with adapting to a radically different environment or culture). Suicide
remains the second leading cause of death among college students. Trauma An estimated 50% to 75% of the United States population will be exposed to a traumatic situation at some point in
their lives. Experiencing or witnessing such events as accidents, rape, incest, relationship violence, physical abuse,
muggings, beatings, torture, combat, exposure to war zones, natural disasters, and industrial catastrophes has the
power to shock and wound perfectly well-adjusted people to their very cores. If the trauma includes a human perpetrator
who intentionally attempts to harm us, we often are more distressed. |
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