Eating Disorders Articles

What’s Happening to Me?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, May 14th, 2012
I have decided to post this on psych central instead of Yahoo answers, haha, I will hopefully get a more professional answer. I've always had anxiety issues and been prone to depression, but it's worsened over the last years. I have symptoms that may lead ...
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[Video] Is My Eating Disorder Serious?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Sunday, May 13th, 2012
Q: Hello. About four months ago I diagnosed myself with possible anorexia. I skip about 2 meals a day but I eat try to eat a full meal for dinner. I exercise for at least an hour daily. I am 16, my height is 5 ...
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[Video] How Do I Open up Emotionally to my Therapist?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Friday, March 23rd, 2012
How do I open up to my therapist? I am constantly worried that he might think I'm trying to get attention. I have an eating disorder and I'm slightly overweight according to my BMI. I've overexercised, took laxatives, and most recently diet pills. I ended ...
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She’s Unable to Eat

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, March 19th, 2012
I'm 15 and this started about a week or two ago. i'd be really hungry and when i eat, after only about 3 or 4 bites i get extremely full. then about 5 hours later i'd be extremely hungry again and only able to ...
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Do I Have An Eating Disorder?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, March 16th, 2012
My weight makes me embarrassed. I think that I suffer from binge eating. I've been always overweight. I can barely control myself near food and I always want more. I eat when I'm sad or angry or anxious. I sometimes lie about how much ...
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Irrational Relationship to Food

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
I think I have an eating disorder. However I know I'm too thin. Is it possible to have an eating disorder and think of oneself as too skinny? My doc automatically says no because people with eating disorders think they are too fat. However I ...
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Can Antidepressants Cause Anorexia?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, February 3rd, 2012
Hi, I have been dealing with depression, anxiety, and eating issues since I was in grade school, but I always maintained a normal body weight. I finally sought treatment for depression in college, and have been taking anti-depressants (effexor) for the past 3 ...
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Psychosis Maybe?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, January 29th, 2012
I sometimes get paranoid that what I think and feel isn't really me, that it's all just some unreal lie type thing. I used to have moderately severe depression but I don't feel as though I do anymore. I have major 'highs' when I ...
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Lost My Youth to Eating Disorder

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, January 27th, 2012
I'm a male, 23 years old, and I suffered from anorexia nervosa for over 6 years. I recovered at 21 years old without any professional or family help and it wasn't until i was 22 that i told family and friends that i once had ...
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Depression & Bulimia

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, January 5th, 2012
I have had problems with depression for roughly 5 years. For a few months I have been bulimic and I am trying to hard to fix myself. My mother is a full time nurse and has a life of her own so i don't ...
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Life Is a Living Hell

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Sunday, January 1st, 2012
I’m a 20-year-old male whose life is a living hell. I can start back when I was younger at about age 7 my dad died and left me with a family of 3 girls. By 16 I was over my dads death but still was ...
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Do I Have an Eating Disorder?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, December 8th, 2011
i have a question, do you think i have a Eating Disorder? when i get home from school i usually take a nap so i don't eat anything. i drink water all the time to keep from eating during the day. the most ...
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