How can you tell if you are anorexic?

Answer 1

Before you consider yourself anorexic please get your thyroid checked out by your doctor.

Anorexics see themselves as always over-weight. They will have an aversion to food to the point where eating becomes a great problem and they simply grow thinner until they pass away.

If you have any of these symptoms please see your doctor and work together with him/her on this.

Anorexia is usually caused in people because eating is the only thing they can control in their lives. It is more common than you think.

If you are eating well and are still thin, take a look at the gene pool in your family. Not all people are the correct weight or on the stout side.

Anorexics eat but they eat such small portions its not even funny

If you have a negative self-image, always doubting yourself, that's psychological. If you are eating minimal calories a day for a substantial period of time. Another psychological aspect, and this is just from personal experience, is that your brain could start to hate food, think of it as a poison instead of a necessity.

There are other factors I am sure, that I have left out.

One thing though, if you have to question yourself something must be wrong somewhere, so either talk to someone, or keep yourself in check and keep yourself healthy.

If you start watching your weight more than normal and thinking that you look fat.

Also throwing up could be a very obvious sign. You should see a doctor if you are underweight because that is another sign.

If you do not want to eat or are afraid to eat because you fear you may gain weight. If you eat very little yet count calories when you do. If you go out of your way to avoid eating. If you excercise excessively although you do not have the energy for it because of lack of nutrients.

Those are just some of the warning signs of anorexia. Anorexia is more so a disease of the mind than the body. It puts avoiding food at the forefront of your daily activities. It becomes an obsession the sufferers can only overcome through counseling and/or hospitalization in severe cases.

Bulimia is very similar to anorexia however it is characteristic of "binging and purging". This means that the person will go long hours/days with no food and suddenly eat an enormous amount of food at once which is called binging. And then they will force themselves to throw up the food they have just eaten which is called purging. Not all bulimics binge and purge, however, some eat fairly regular meals but force themselves to throw up immediately after.

Contrary to common belief, anorexics and bulimics are not all stick-thin. A lot of those suffering from either disease are of average/above average build. Anorexia and bulimia are both very dangerous. Both can kill if not treated soon enough. Both also cause long term health problems. If you believe you are anorexic or bulimic it is best advised that you get help for this ASAP. This will not be easy but if you do not do so, the concequences could be dire.

See the related links for more information on Anorexia.

Answer 2

check if your ribs are sticking out by a few centimetres. if you can fit your hands around your arms, you are most defenately annerexic.