Motivation And Emotions: Bulimia By Mary Elizabeth Pipher

Bulimia nervosa, also called bulimia is a possible life threating eating disorder. A person that suffers from bulimia may secretly binge their food. They may eat large amount of food and then purge their food to get rid of the additional calories that they’ve digested. Bulimia is categorized in two ways, purging bulimia and non-purging bulimia. Purging bulimia is when a person regularly self-induces vomiting after eating. Non-purging bulimia is when an individual may use other methods to try to prevent weight gain, such as fasting, extreme dieting, or overly exercising.

Bulimia is a psychological disorder where a person alternates between bingeing and purging their food. Not to be confused with Anorexia which is another psychological disorder

Bulimia generally begins when someone tries to starve themselves which triggers the body with an uncontrollable urge to eat. Once the person gives in, the body has a disorderly desire to eat large sums of food. This stage is then linked with a loss of control and constant feelings of guilt and shame which leads to the temptation of uncontrollable purging.

Many people think that bulimia and anorexia are very similar, which is entirely untrue. Anorexia is a mental condition where the victim has an extreme fear of gaining weight. They also perceive themselves as a lot more unhealthy and physically bigger than they actually are. This can make them lose all of their self-worth, says NEDC. According to the same source, it is also widely accepted that anorexia is more commonly diagnosed in females, but recent studies suggest that it is equal in both genders.Unlike anorexia, bulimics still eat. They eat a lot more, though. Bulimics will often binge and purge. When they binge they eat a lot of food. According to bulimia.com, they usually eat more than 1000 calories in a very short amount of time. They will then purge it. Purging is when someone uses laxatives, drugs, or other techniques to throw up right after binging. The goal with bulimia more often is to maintain a weight, but the methods they use end up hurting them in the long run, we can get to that later, though. As you can see they are very different. They both end in deadly effects,

There are many different types of eating disorders, like anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. Bulimia is a life threatening cycle of binge eating and then self-induced purging, vomiting or taking laxatives, to compensate for the effects of the overeating. Too many times, a combination of internal and external factors play a role in the development of these disorders.

According to the DSM-5, Bulimia Nervosa is characterized by frequent episodes of binge eating followed by inappropriate behaviors such as self-induced vomiting to avoid weight gain. Some of the diagnostic criteria include repetitive scenes of binge eating by eating in a discrete measure of time (inside of a two hour period) a large measure of food and feeling of absence of control over eating within a scene. Other criteria includes: repetitive compensatory conduct which is inappropriate with a specific goal to counteract weight increase, practices happen any rate once every week for three months, self-assessment is impacted by body shape and weight, and the disturbances does not happen during episodes of anorexia nervosa

Bulimia is a eating disorder that can be life threatening specially when is combined by low self esteem, depression, mood swings or anxiety. Bulimia comes from the Greek word boulīmía which means “extreme hunger.” Bulimia Nervosa is defined as the repeated episodes of consuming large amounts of food followed by behaviors to prevent weight gain, like self induced vomiting, and is also called as hyperphagia or binge purge syndrome.

Instead, bulimia brings patients to compulsively eating large amounts of food ("binge-eating") and then trying to make for it with behaviours such as self-induced vomiting or purging.

“What you eat in private is what you wear in public.” This common twenty-first century quote is plastered all over social media sites as a “motivational” quote and a “friendly reminder” for women to eat healthy and workout. Yet, the quote also seems to define an episode of binge eating by bulimics, which is the consumption of an amount of food that is larger than most individuals would eat in a similar period of time under similar (American Psychiatric Association, 1980). The excessive consumption of food must also be accompanied by a sense of lack of control and usually occurs in secrecy or as inconspicuously as possible. An indicator of loss of control is the inability to refrain from eating or to stop eating once started. The consideration of an episode is subjective to the occasion too, as the quantity of food that might be regarded as excessive for a typical meal might be considered normal during a holiday meal. Individuals often do not stop binging until they are to the point of being uncomfortably full (American Psychiatric Association, 1980). The larger the amount of food ingested, the more rapid the emptying rate which is why bulimia is rarely successful as a means of weight control; however, bulimic activity can result in gastric ulcers and other

Bulimia is diagnosed when a person eats large quantities of food and then immediately vomits or purges the food. For example, a person may consume a whole pizza or cake all at once and then the feeling of guilt or depression settles in, so then they begin to purge and vomit the food. According to Feldman (1989), “constant binging-and-purging cycles and the use of drugs to induce vomiting or diarrhea can lead to heart failure.”

This article gives a basic definition of bulimia, which states that it is the act of binge eating and then purging in a n effort to prevent weight gain. It also says that the physiological thinking behind this disorder has yet to be discovered. Over al the article and its context seem to be reliable it often refers to research and experiments that have been

Anorexia nervosa and its associated syndrome, bulimia is an extremely dangerous problem that is becoming more widespread. The chief symptoms are self-induced starvation and/or binge eating

“Bulimia Nervosa is characterized by massive food binges followed by self-induced vomiting or use of diuretics and laxatives to avoid weight gain.” (Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia)

In a society that discriminates against people, particularly women, who do not look slender, many people find they cannot - or think they cannot - meet society's standards through normal, healthy eating habits and often fall victim to eating disorders. Bulimia Nervosa, an example of an eating disorder that is characterized by a cycle of binge eating and purging, has become very common in our society. Although it generally affects women, men too are now coming to clinics with this kind of disease. This is not a new disorder. It can be brought on by a complex interplay of factors, which may include emotional, and personality disorders, family pressures, a possible genetic or biologic susceptibility, and a culture in which there is an

An eating disorder when a person eat large amounts of foods followed by a desire to get rid of the food by vomiting ,use of laxatives and excessive exercise(“What is Bulimia”,2015)