Unfortunately, she was inexperienced and said that she was not anorexia but had OCD. ... She also met with a psychiatrist who diagnosed her with anorexia, which was brought on by her OCD (Lasser). ... The first kind is Anorexia Nervosa. ... Another kind is Bulimia Nervosa. ... Fifty percent of women with anorexia develop bulimia or bulimic patterns. ...
In this research project they took three groups of women, some that had been diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, those that were "normal" sized, and those that were heavier and they let them estimated how big their bodies were by using a photograph of themselves and lights that they could cast in different directions. They found that the "normal" sized and heaver set women were pretty close when it came to estimating their actual size but those that suffer from anorexia nervosa enlarged themselves by a considerable amount. ... Making us realize how much more prominent the symp...