Eating Disorders: Anorexia Nervosa

Eating Disorder: Anorexia Nervosa

It is not easy to understand a person suffering from Anorexia. “People suffering from anorexia take dieting to extremes” (kubersky 37). Every second and/or minute, they spend figuring out how to avoid eating. They make up reasons to explain to their loved ones why they barely touched their food at the dinner table. Usually they exercise a lot to lose more weight. Even when they are really thin, they see themselves as fat. It is as if the mirror plays tricks on them and lies to them about how they look, but it is their mind that is playing tricks on them.
I had a very close friend who was anorexic. Her name was “Cindy” and she was a beautiful 16-year-old girl. At that age everyone adored her: her friends, her teachers, her parents, etc. She lived with her parents in a beautiful house. She was on the honor roll in school. She was very athletic, being on the track team, field-hockey team, soccer team, and the girls’ basketball tea...