Effects Of Anorexia Nervosa On Body Weight And Shape

Self-Analysis Paper Item #1: As a nineteen-year old female college student, it is not a huge surprise that I would develop an eating disorder at one point in my adolescent years. Specifically, I have been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. With anorexia nervosa, I view myself as overweight despite the fact that I am considered underweight for my particular age and height. I have developed an intense fear of gaining weight and as a result, I diet and exercise excessively. This fear causes me to be obsessed with the thought of food consumption, leading me to abstain from eating too much and possibly gaining unwanted weight in hopes to achieve the ideal body image that I believe I need in order to be accepted. Having a distorted body†¦show more content†¦In addition to barely eating anything throughout the day, I participate in extreme exercises to burn a significant amount of calories and fat. Dieting and exercising has successfully assisted in my desired weight loss in a short period of time . Item #3: My attempt to achieve my desired body image came with many consequences, psychological and physical. A major psychological sign of my anorexia nervosa is that my self worth has been defined by the way I think I look: overweight. Due to this distorted body image I am consumed with perfecting, I am constantly preoccupied with the thought of food and how to continue losing more weight to accomplish my goal of becoming thin. Emotionally, I have developed strong feelings of anxiety and irritableness when it is the normal time to eat a meal. I have also become incredibly sensitive to comments regarding food, weight, body shape, and exercise. Restricting my food intake has helped me relieve these negative emotions by having a sense of control over my body, even though I am still left dissatisfied with what I see of myself. Item #4: Despite the fact that I feel better about myself when I lose weight, it does not necessarily make me look better. Since I pushed myself for an extended time to eat extremely small portions of food or sometimes nothing at all, my body has become noticeably