Body Image & Eating Disorders
Living in our culture, it's not surprising if you feel you have to look a certain way to be happy or even healthy. However, the things you are doing to be thin can quickly spin out of control and become a serious life-threatening eating disorder.
Does any of this sound like you?
- I have to exercise after eating.
- I feel guilty about certain foods.
- All of my friends are bigger than me (for males).
- All of my friends are thinner than me (for females).
- I try and not eat all day.
- I don't like eating in front of other people.
- I worry a lot about my appearance.
- I spend more time in the gym than others.
- I have considered or have used anabolic steroids.
- I think my appearance is more important that just about anything else.
- I believe vomiting, using diurertics, overexercising, or not eating will help me lose weight.
- My goal is perfection.
- I'm not as happy as I used to be.
- I can't stop thinking about my body.
- I think about food all the time.
- I feel like the only person with these worries.
If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, consider reading more about body image and eating disorders, requesting a presentation, or referring to additional resources.
Information provided by the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA).