Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are both eating disorders. Anorexia involves people who intentionally starve themselves when they are already underweight. Individuals with anorexia have a bodyweight that is 15 percent or more below recommended levels (as determined by a standard height-weight table). People suffering from this disorder have an intense fear of becoming fat, even when they are[…]
Tag Archives: Social Anxiety
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A New Study Looks at Internet Compulsion & Mental Health in Young People The Internet is everywhere these days. Or at least it seems to be. With over three billion current users (nearly half the world’s population) and more likely to come online in the years to come, the prospect of universal Internet access doesn’t[…]
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So Many Are Self-medicating Their Social Anxiety Shauna was a young, attractive, articulate woman. She also was very perfectionistic and self-critical. After every social encounter, she would analyze what she had said and done. She reviewed, questioned, obsessed, and critiqued every gesture and word she could remember coming out of her mouth. She was so[…]