What is bulimia nervosa? Let's look at another such example. The author once came into contact with a female classmate named Lei Lei: when she was in high school, she had a strange disease of overeating and could not control herself. Lei Lei goes to the store to buy many snacks every day. No matter in the dormitory, classroom or on the road, she kept eating until her stomach was uncomfortable. If you don't eat what you want, you won't be in the mood for class or self-study, or even sleep well at night. Due to frequent overeating, Lei Lei's body is obviously fat and becoming more and more bloated. She was upset and repeatedly vowed not to eat snacks and overeat. But as soon as she walks into shops and canteens, she can't help herself, especially when she is in a bad mood. Eating too much is a heavy burden on the digestive system, so she is always sleepy, can't get up in class, doesn't want to go to self-study at night, and goes to bed early, so her academic performance plummets. Lei Lei, accompanied by his parents, went to the hospital for examination, and his health was fine. However, in the psychologist's office, the doctor told Lei Lei and her parents that Lei Lei had a disease called bulimia nervosa because of the pressure of study.
Behavioral signs of bulimia
After all, bulimia nervosa is a kind of heart disease in a sense. Like "Fat Woman" and "Fat Brother" in "Slim Men and Women". Fat women are actually very thin. Because of emotional frustration, she can only take "eating" as an outlet. Even later, she didn't want to eat like this. It seemed very difficult. Because she has completely fallen into this "eating" magic circle, it is impossible to simply stop eating. Finally, with the support of Fat Brother, she finally lost weight. That's because she found her own heart. Princess Diana, the rose of England, may not be known to many people. Under her beautiful and noble appearance, she once used "eating" to relieve her inner anguish. On the night before the wedding of the century, Prince Charles' gifts and stationery didn't help the future princess to calm down the worries that had been smoldering in her heart for months. On that night when she should have slept peacefully, she ate a lot and finally fell ill. In Diana's later court life, conflict, anxiety, pain and depression always accompanied her. She must often eat a lot of food and even sneak into the kitchen to find food to fill her stomach quickly. These are largely due to the tense living atmosphere and environment.
In this way, bulimia nervosa is largely caused by the pressure or anxiety of people's lives. Generally speaking, people who are weak in character and value external evaluation are more likely to get bulimia; From the perspective of gender, women are also more likely to get this disease than men. In fact, eating is normal for ordinary people, but eating too much becomes a disease. These people can easily use other people's seemingly ordinary things to ease their anxiety. Sometimes they don't even know why they have to eat or shop whenever they are unhappy. In fact, their behavior is just a way to ignore their current stress.
Take people who go on a diet to lose weight, for example, because today's society advocates "thinness is beauty", and they are not confident, so they begin to use various methods to keep slim, such as limiting their food intake. In the long run, they slowly embarked on the road of anorexia, but in the end they could not stand the torture of hunger, and finally gained temporary satisfaction through eating a lot. In this way, anorexia is likely to develop into bulimia, resulting in a vicious circle of "gluttony-anorexia-gluttony".
Experts see "gluttony"
Psychologists believe that bulimia is a way to cope with stress and unpleasant emotions. The patient doesn't need to eat physically, but he feels hungry for a long time psychologically. It should be pointed out that it can't really relieve psychological pressure, but it turns "eating" into an improper way to deal with anxiety, loneliness and anger. Usually, people with bulimia suffer from bulimia to cope with more serious psychological problems than overeating and paying too much attention to weight, such as serious anxiety.
"Gluttony" and Middle School Students
So, how far is this disease from middle school students? In fact, there are many middle school students around us who reflect this symptom, just like Lei Lei mentioned earlier, but her symptoms are more obvious. As we know, there are many reasons for middle school students' anxiety, the most direct ones are from the pressure of study and examination, and from life and family, so many students can't help but choose "eating" as an outlet to eliminate tension and drive away unpleasant emotions. Although they didn't realize that they were venting their emotions while eating. It is understandable to vent emotions in different ways. For example, "eating" is harmless as long as it does not exceed its level. Just like when depressed, girls often eat some high-calorie foods, such as chocolate, to increase their energy and make themselves feel hot and excited. However, it is not good to rely on it blindly. For middle school students, it is important to learn to eliminate their negative emotions in a positive way and avoid using them when encountering similar problems in the future.
"Eat" to solve the problem
If a person's emotions are often associated with certain behaviors, such as eating when depressed, it is easy to form habits after certain reinforcement. As long as he is depressed in the future, whether he is hungry or not, he will naturally eat. This "natural" appearance will make people feel a sense of venting and relaxing, but it will be very difficult and uncomfortable to change this habit. Did you use "eating" to solve the problem? Then please think about when did you first "eat" like this? What happened? Sorting these out will help you get out of the misunderstanding of "eating" and stay away from bulimia.
Advice for you
Generally speaking, if bulimia nervosa occurs, the first thing to do is to adjust eating habits, control eating behavior and change attitudes towards food. You can make a plan for yourself, when to eat, what to eat, three meals a day, balanced nutrition, and avoid eating snacks or high-fat and high-sugar foods between meals. If possible, you can eat with friends. When you want to eat outside the prescribed time, you can do some relaxing exercises, such as walking or some activities that can delay eating. The second step is to rebuild confidence and change wrong ideas, such as "I can only relieve stress by eating" and "others say I am so fat that I want to lose weight". Third, and most importantly, only by finding the internal causes of our unhappiness and stress can the right medicine be effective. Generally speaking, bulimia nervosa patients have obvious emotional disorders such as self-blame, anxiety and depression, which have a great relationship with depression. Therefore, in this case, the best way is to find a psychologist for psychotherapy in time. In our daily life, we should pay more attention to relax ourselves, believe in ourselves, don't put too much pressure on ourselves, and learn to talk when we are unhappy, so that bulimia will stay away from you!