Case Study On Anorexia Nervosa |
There is a growing trend on eating disorders that are caused by the conjunction of several factors, in society more teenagers are starting to diet at very young ages to get a thin and great looking body. However sometimes teenagers stop eating just to lose weight quickly and other times it becomes an obsession to the point that it becomes anorexia nervosa.
Let me tell you a story of a case study on anorexia of a male that suffered this eating disorder.
This was a normal teenager at school, he was on a sports training and had to run with the rest of the group on the field, he was way overweight and got to the finish line the last, so the couch told him that he had the record of being the slowest. In that moment he felt crushed and miserable, his life was not going to be the same.
In his 3 years of high school friends made fun of him, beat him, told him that he was a fat and worthless, that no one will love him or like him. He was miserable and they just made him feel worst.
So at one point he decided to change his life and started dieting, he stopped eating breakfast and dinner, he just ate rice and water, he exercised for 6 hours a day, so he was losing weight very quickly to the point that he was very thin.
However, he started to have heart problems, his hair was falling, his nails too, he had bad memory and his skin was gray. He suffered from 2 heart attacks at the age of 17 and was very sick.
At some point of clarity he told his parents that he needed help and went to the hospital there he was given attention, he needed a tube to his stomach, his heart rate was very slow and he was told that he had only 36 hours of life left.
In that moment he made the decision to change his life and make a miracle, he pass the 36 hours, he decided that he will accept himself as he is, no matter what anyone else tell him, he can move forward and be happy, so he recover from his problem and graduated with honors.
This case study on anorexia nervosa, show us clearly how the real cause of the problem was psychological and no physical, the consequences were physical, but the real problem was psychological and had to be understood by him to realize the danger that he was in and to recover from it.
Here are some highly recommended solutions for eating disorders
Quick Tip #1
Its important to learn to identify the different Anorexia Nervosa Symptoms, so it can be prevented |
Quick Tip #2
If she vomits constantly after eating or not eating at all, those are clear signs of Anorexia |
Quick Tip #3
Anorexia is an eating disorder that requires not just medications but psychiatric help |
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