Anorexia

     Bulimia     

             Body dysmorphic.

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Body Dysmorphia: This is the untrue image we have of ourselves when we look into the mirror. This image is responsible for such problems as Anorexia Nervosa and bulimia. It can also be just parts of our body that we see as odd or strange or just not right. Yet others see it as normal. I remember many years ago having a client with facial dysmorphia, he believed his nose was so large that it was abnormal and disgusting to look at, he thought that it was so bad that he always had his hand on his nose or a handkerchief. It  got so  bad for him that as a Lawyer he could not bare going into court he would hide himself in his office.

However with the use of Hypnoanalysis simply by allowing him to free associate he linked back to the time he began to believe this about himself (cause) allowing him to change that belief he had created for himself he then saw his nose as it really was, which was in fact a rather a nice nose as far as noses go that is. He remembered being a young boy of about five and looking into the mirror at himself and his mother saying ‘Oh what a huge nose you have’ she would say this every time she caught him looking into the mirror. It was her way of trying to prevent him being as vein as his father had been and was afraid of him becoming a womaniser as his father. When the young man was 16 he came home late after a date with his first girlfriend and as he walked through the door his mother was waiting with her ever reaffirming voice to echo into his unconscious mind. ‘I am surprised you have a girlfriend at all with a nose like that. As time went on in his therapy we discovered just how much emotion he had attached to his nose. By changing our belief we change our image both inner and outer.

Anorexia: Our inner world is slowly being driven towards a product of the media thus creating cardboard cut outs and robotic icons whom swooning the catwalks of our minds and spill out onto the sidewalks of Hollywood and beyond. The world slowly filling with plastic people body’s pumped with silicone and sculpted with liposuction rods, pumping ‘fat fighting pills’ into our gullets in the ever growing battle against the bulge. Our reflection just doesn’t meet the medias portrayal of a beautiful body. We strive to better our image in the mirror but distort the one in our minds criticising and pummelling our reflection, building a strong belief that we need to be slimmer or more beautiful, to have longer legs and straighter hair, larger breasts and smaller waists, the list is never ending and unforgiving. We no longer feed good thoughts about our body down to our unconscious minds, it is filled with discord and unhappiness at what we see. Yet if we take a close look, what might  we really see in the mirror. Are we all that fat really?  Or is it just our perception of what is fat? the use of hypnoanalysis the root cause of your problem is released allowing you to percieve yourself as you really are not the false image that has been created 'false belief'.

Bulimia, also called bulimia nervosa, is a psychological eating disorder. Bulimia is characterized by episodes of binge-eating followed by inappropriate methods of weight control (purging). Inappropriate methods of weight control include vomiting, fasting, enemas, excessive use of laxatives and diuretics, or compulsive exercising. Excessive shape and weight concerns are also characteristics of bulimia. A binge is an episode where an individual eats a much larger amount of food than most people would in a similar situation. Binge eating is not a response to intense hunger. It is usually a response to depression, stress, or self esteem issues. During the binge episode, the individual experiences a loss of control. However, the sense of a loss of control is also followed by a short-lived calmness. The calmness is often followed by self-loathing. The cycle of overeating and purging usually becomes an obsession and is repeated often.       

Bulimia was only diagnosed as its own eating disorder in the 1980s.

People with bulimia can look perfectly normal. Most of them are of normal weight, and some may be overweight. Women with bulimia tend to be high achievers.

It is often difficult to determine whether a person is suffering from Bulimia. This occurs because bingeing and purging is often done in secret. Also, individuals suffering from Bulimia often deny their condition.

Sufferers consume huge quantities of food. Sometimes up to 20,000 calories at a time. The foods on which they binge tend to be foods labelled as "comfort foods" -- sweet foods, high in calories, or smooth, soft foods like ice cream, cake, and pastry. An individual may binge anywhere from twice a day to several times daily.

The following is a segment From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental disorder in which the affected person is excessively concerned about and preoccupied by an imagined or minor defect in his or her physical features. The sufferer may complain of several specific features or a single feature, or a vague feature or general appearance, causing psychological distress that impairs important functioning (e.g. occupational or self-care) or social aspects of life.

The disorder generally is diagnosed in those who are extremely critical of their physique or self-image even though there may be no noticeable disfigurement or defect.

Most people wish that they could change or improve some aspect of their physical appearance; but people suffering from BDD, generally of normal or even highly attractive appearance, believe that they are so unspeakably hideous that they are unable to interact with others or function normally for fear of ridicule and humiliation about their appearance. They tend to be very secretive and reluctant to seek help because they fear that others will think them vain or because they feel too embarrassed.

Ironically, BDD is often misunderstood as a vanity-driven obsession, whereas it is quite the opposite, for people with BDD believe themselves to be irrevocably ugly or defective.

BDD combines obsessive and compulsive aspects, linking it, among psychologists, to the OCD-spectrum disorders. People with BDD may compulsively look at themselves in the mirror or avoid mirrors, typically think about their appearance for at least one hour a day (and usually more), and in severe cases may drop all social contact and responsibilities as they become homebound. The disorder is linked to an unusually high suicide rate among all mental disorders.

"Anorexia nervosa" is of Greek origin: a (α, prefix of negation), n (ν, link between two vowels) and orexis (ορεξις, appetite) thus meaning a lack of desire to eat. A person who is diagnosed with anorexia nervosa is most commonly referred to with the adjectival form anorexic. The noun form, "anorectic" is generally not used in this context and usually refers to drugs that suppress appetite.

"Anorexia nervosa" is frequently shortened to "anorexia" in both the popular media and television reports. This is technically incorrect, as the term "anorexia" used separately refers to the medical symptom of reduced appetite (which therefore is distinguishable from anorexia nervosa in being non-psychiatric).