Eating Disorders
What is an eating disorder?
a group of mental illnesses when people experience severe disturbances in their eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions.
a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest
depression
the ability to cope with both positive and negative emotions, which includes your awareness of them
emotional health
define anxiety
a condition with exaggerated tension, worrying, and nervousness about daily events
Name your family member who shows anxiety about time and becomes irritable
Dad
"Let's go, go, go!"
The way you __________ and __________ about your body and food affects the way you ______________.
1. think
2. feel
3. act
includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act
mental health
an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical changes liked increased blood pressure
anxiety
What are the warning signs of anxiety?
1. excessive anxiety
2. Restlessness or feeling on edge
3. difficulty concentrating or mind going blank
4. irritability
Name your family member whose anxiety makes them aggressive.
Syd. Duh
Name that eating disorder:
*repeated episodes of binging
Over-eating or binging stops when the person is uncomfortably full
(NOT associated with fear of weight gain
Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
a range of mental disorders defined by abnormal eating behaviors that negatively affect a person's physical or mental health
eating disorder
a wide range of mental health conditions that affect your mood, thinking, and behavior
mental illnesses
How does anxiety affect the way you feel?
1. On edge
2. Scared
3. Nervous
4. Anxious
Name your family member who has a tattoo because she tends to overthink things?
Mom - "Cut the tape"
Name that Eating Disorder:
Intense and overpowering FEAR of body fat and weight gain causes people to restrict eating, go on extreme diets, excessive and dangerous amounts of exercise.
Anorexia Nervosa
any adult whose words or actions make you feel safe
trusted adult
uncontrolled and excessive consumption of food in a short amount of time
binge
How does anxiety make you think?
1. extra thoughts of bad outcomes
2. catastrophizing
3. bad stuff talk
4. overthinking
5. not doing well
Name your family member who thinks (used to think) bad things were going to happen to her family.
Syd - tornadoes, fires
Name that Eating Disorder:
Secretive binge/purge cycle
excessive consumption of food followed by induced vomiting
Bulimia Nervosa
a negative or disapproving attitude or belief that can cause people to avoid or fear something; usually a result of lack of knowledge or understanding
stigma
self-induce vomiting
purge
How does anxiety affect the way you act?
1. not doing exciting things anymore
2. restlessness
3. missed opportunities
4. issues sleeping
Name your family member who shows anxiety over things being perfect
Etta - almost everything
Mom - MUCH better but used to be cleanliness, everything had to have it's spot, rainbow/alphabetic order