Compare And Contrast Bulimia Nervosa

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa is a common eating disorder. People that suffer anorexia tend to miss several meals, have very unhealthy diets, obsess with being very thin, and have abnormal eating habits. Bulimia patients show forms of eating too much then purging by vomiting. A person can suffer from both disorders simultaneously; one person may suffer from body dysmorphic and think they are fat even if they are underweight. With anorexia the behavioral symptoms are obsession with food, their weight, and having a very thin body; their biggest fear is gaining weight and they tend to have low self- esteem. With Bulimia the behavioral symptoms are food obsession, weight gain, and thin body also, they also have low self- esteem like anorexia.
Some difference between the two is anorexia stay away from eating, always goes on fasts or diets, and very secretive about their eating. Bulimia tends to overeat and vomit or use laxatives to get out what they just ate. Both of these disorders are severe and I hope it’s not common at Harper. I attend the classes at night and that’s usually filled with working healthy looking moms.