Anorexia Nervosa

The inherent trait of a person suffering from Anorexia is an attempt to maintain strict control over food intake.  Some of the behavioral signs can be obsessive exercise, calorie and fat gram counting, starvation and severe restriction of food, the use of diet pills, laxatives or diuretics to attempt controlling weight, and a persistent concern with body image A person suffering with Anorexia may be abnormally sensitive about being perceived as fat, or have a massive fear of becoming fat. Though not all people living with Anorexia have this fear. They may be afraid of losing control over the amount of food they eat, accompanied by the desire to control their emotions and reactions to their emotions. With a low self-esteem and need for acceptance they will turn to obsessive dieting and starvation as a way to control not only their weight. This is also used to control their feelings. Some also feel that they do not deserve pleasure out of life, and will deprive themselves of situations offering pleasure, including eating. Anorexics are sometimes known to eat junk food, particularly candy, to drink a lot of coffee or tea, and/or to smoke. They may deny hunger, make excuses to avoid eating, will often hide food they claim to have eaten,  and use diet pills to control appetite. There are a number of different ways a person suffering from Anorexia can portray their disorder.