How do you know that you are anorexic?

Question

Sorry if this is a stupid question- but I know there are a set 'list' of symptoms that people can fall under, but what if someone feels that they do not meet this criteria, how do you know that you have this illness for sure?

Maybe I should refrase- how do you know that someone is anorexic...

Answer 1

If you are anorexic, you are mentally ill, and will be displaying other symptoms, such as self-harm, obsessive behaviours (manic diary writing, calorie charts, food logs etc. are common). You will hide your body rather than display it. You will be convinced that life will be perfect if you reach your target weight, but will change the target when you reach it. Your periods will stop, and you will start to get a lot of downy hair on your body. That's just a few of the tell tale signs, but each case is different.

Answer 2

Three big symptoms: the first: you're in denial; the second-you don't eat, and you starve yourself; the third:the weight you want to reach is .....zero ( no matter how many pounds you lose, is never enough). You know you are not anorexic when the reason for which you starve yourself is solidarity to the children of Somalia....If you know someone who may have anorexia, take that person to a specialist. Better safe than sorry!

Answer 3

Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes an eating disorder characterized by low body weight and body image distortion. Individuals with anorexia often control body weight by voluntary starvation, purging, vomiting, excessive exercise, or other weight control measures, such as diet pills or diuretic drugs. It primarily affects young adolescent girls in the Western world and has one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric condition, with approximately 10% of people diagnosed with the condition eventually dying due to related factors. Anorexia nervosa is thought to be a complex condition, involving psychological, neurobiological, physiological and sociological components.

Answer 4

No, it's not a stupid question. Well, when you just don't want to eat or when you try it comes back all at once then you're anorexic. But for sure get an appointment at your doctor's.

Answer 5

When you look in the mirror you look fat even if your told by everyone else that your skinny. Your hair starts falling out form malnutrition. The sight of food starts to make you sick. You weight yourself several times a day. If you see your hip, breast cage, and back bones protruding extensively. These are just a few symptoms

Answer 6

You don't usually, that's half the problem. Body dismorphia is when you look in the mirror and see something totally different to what the rest of the world sees in you. Usually people's families have to point it out and force the person to the doctors to get it diagnosed.

Answer 7

You will know 100% if you have anorexia when you are skinnier then you've ever been before BUT you are still telling yourself that if you eat something you will get fat.
Also, if you think that eating makes you a weak minded person then you have a problem.

Answer 8

Easy way is to simply ask your doctor.

They have a chart showing where your weight should be around given a certain height and age, in order to be considered healthy.

Answer 9

If you feel there is something wrong, or you are not sure, definitely make an appointment with your physician and go for a check up.

Answer 10

You could be ed-nos technically. The "label" doesn't matter. If you have an eating disorder, you know it.

So the question is, what are you going to do about it?