A variation of Anorexia, Bulimia ranges from
excessive food intake, to an out of control
compulsive cycle of binge eating where
extraordinary amounts of any available food,
usually of high carbohydrate content, may be
consumed. Once having gorged, the victims are
overcome with the urge to rd themselves of what
they hate eaten by purging themselves, usually by
vomiting, and sometimes by massive doses of
laxatives. Between these obsessive bouts, most
are able to accept some nutrition. Whereas the
anorexic sufferer fears fatness from anticipated
loss of eating control, and unlike the anorexic
sufferer the typical bulimic individual is not
emaciated, but usually maintains a normal body
weight and appears to be fit and healthy.
However, the obsessive binge purge cycle causes
them deep distress, shame, guilt, self-loathing and
social isolation, and many will go to any lengths to
hide their "shameful" secret from the family and
friends. Typical Sufferers The anorexic or......

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Title: Bulimia Nervosa
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