Eating Disorders In People

Eating disorders in people

Introduction

Eating disorders are psychological disorders and diseases that are presented with a series of alterations in behavior related to food intake, alterations in psychological behaviors related to weight, body image, personal dissatisfaction, self – esteem or self-concept, betweenothers.

So we can define eating disorders such as food -related diseases, which affect those who suffer from physiological, behavioral and psychological way.

Developing

Before starting to characterize eating disorders, it is important to understand what food is: food, in humans, is the intake of food and drinks that are indispensable to survive. In our food two processes enter, the physiological and the psychological.

Regarding the physiological, we know that in the hypothalamus the centers of hunger and satiety are located, which coordinate and correlate the perceptions of the sensory organs, the storage of the memories of past experiences and the relationship of this behavior with the outside world of the subject of the subject of the subject;With the aim of getting food. In relation to the psychological, it is explained that from the maternal breast, the child learns feelings of security, well -being and affection, so there is a relationship of food with these and other affections, which is why certain feelings such as pain,anxiety, depression and helplessness could influence feeding processes.

The main characteristics and generalities of eating disorders are:

• These diseases alter the way of feeding, but also decompose emotional states, because they produce anguish, depression, irritability and disagreement.
• They are diseases that anyone can develop regardless of their age, sex or social status.
• They are more common from puberty to adolescence (11-20 years), although they can also begin in childhood, adulthood and old age.
• By sociocultural factors, these disorders are more presented in women than in men, although they also suffer from them, but it is more difficult to detect them.
• They are presented in all social circles, at all economic levels, and throughout the world, being more common every day.
• They can suffer for a season or remain for very long periods and, even, throughout life.
• In almost all cases there are usually relapses, and those who have suffered them retain some fear of not having a pleasant physical appearance.

From this it can be inferred that food disorders are not diseases that suffer only a certain type of specific population, despite being more common in young women, all are exposed to suffering from them. We know that they are not incurable diseases, however, it is almost impossible not to have relapses or be completely healthy (without psychological consequences) without having both psychological (therapy) and nutritional treatment (feeding plans).

Factors that can influence the development of an eating disorder

In a social context, social networks and the media have influenced the existence of an ideal model of socially established and shared beauty, which translates into a significant pressure for members of a society. This affects people in a way that want to look.

In a family context, it is common for people living within psychosomatic families to suffer some psychological disorder, including eating disorders. Because these families are about protectors, they tend to suffocate the existence of conflicts in the family, evading them, so that individual limits do not exist or are confused. It is common in this type of families a rigidity to change or to tolerate differences, because social acceptance forces them to pretend that they are harmonious and without failure families.

conclusion

In a psychological context, eating disorders are related to emotional conflicts, so, it expresses that these abnormal eating behaviors represent ways of protecting, expressing some emotion, self-scratching, appeasing tensions and distancing themselves from painful situations to create a new identity. For example, there is a high index of obese person who shares the same story, having been sexually abused at some stage of their life prior to obesity.