What is Bulimia, and do you know that you suffer from it? There are different types of eating disorders, and Bulimia is one of them. Most people get confused about Anorexia and Bulimia.
Anorexia is not taking food, and it is like self-starvation. In females, we find this problem as they like to look slim, stop eating food and keep limitations to their body required. They are afraid of being overweight, thus, they stop eating food and suffer. It should be taken seriously and provided treatment. If not, it is troublesome and leads to many health problems. Otherwise, they keep dieting until they die.
Bulimic people have different problems, and they don’t stop eating food without breaks. They intake excessive food and gain weight. They don’t know how much they are eating and whether they have to stop eating and enough to their stomach and forget easily. They lose their food-eating consciousness.
Bulimic people feel so bad that they want to get rid of the food that they eat. Finally, they want to vomit the food that they have eaten which is harmful, and they keep repeating the same.
Bulimic people do exercise overtime and it is a major symptom to identify that they are suffering from Bulimia. The main thing that they do is overdoing exercise, to get rid of calories in their body.
Therapy for Bulimia and Anorexia:
They need mental therapy from professionals. Bulimic people are not overweight but obsessed with their body look. Their eating disorder leads to many heart-related problems, and some might suffer cancer. Bulimia can be treated easier than Anorexia. They don`t have medicines for these eating disorders, but mental therapy is the only way for medical experts.
Not only in India, but every part of the world has also been suffering from bulimia and Anorexia. One has to find out whether they are suffering from Bulimia or Anorexia. Then, treatment can be started.