Disorders & Eating Disorders

How To Find A Job When You’re A Teen Living With A Mental Health Disorder

Finding a job when you're a teenager is easy if you're just looking for something to help you earn cash over the summer; fast food restaurants and retail shops are always on the lookout for eager and willing young people who have flexible schedules. However, if you're...

Eating Disorders And The Stigmas That Come With Them

It's estimated that eating disorders affect around ten million Americans over the course of their lifetime, yet there is still so much that is misunderstood or simply not known about them. For many who suffer with these disorders, the guilt and shame that come with...

“Do I Really Lack Self-Control?” Compulsive Over-Eating

Originally posted on http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/svp/uhs/eating/eating-selfcontrol.htm What is it? Compulsive over-eating is characterized by uncontrollable eating followed by feelings of guilt and shame. It is different from bulimia in that it does not involve any...

“Starvation” Dieting Does It Work?

The modern-day image of the stick-figure goddess has prompted millions of people to start counting and cutting calories. Already low-calorie diets are reduced to a bare three figures in an attempt to shed that extra pound or two a week. But surprisingly, cutting...

Seventeen, With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Look at me and you just might see an antisocial "freak" but what you do not know is the disorder that I have. I am seventeen and living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). I got diagnosed with PTSD three years ago by a psychiatrist. I went to the psychiatrist...

“Five Pounds Less is Perfection”.

"Five pounds less, and you'd be perfect", started it all. When a professional dance trainer told me I'd be perfect for her school, just 5 pounds less, and I'd have it made for myself. So what do I do, I freak. First thought that races through my head, "You're...

Definitions & Explanations Of Some Disorders.

WARNING: Just because you may have symptoms of some of these disorders, it does NOT mean that you have them. Any suspicions you have should be taken to a doctor. DO NOT diagnose yourself. Dissociative Personality Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) Dissociation...

Do You Have Trichotillomania? Do You Pull Out Your Own Hair?

What is "Trich"? Trichotillomania, or compulsive hair pulling, has many nicknames created by its sufferers, some of which include: Trich, Mister Trichster, Trich Monster (in reference to a trich theory), and more. Trichotillomania is the irresistible urge to pull out...

“Starving To Death: Literally” – Information On Anorexia Nervosa

"Gosh, how fat can I get?" This is a thought that crosses many teens' minds. I'm sure that if you're a teenage girl (or boy) you probably are agreeing with me. Don't get me wrong! Being concerned with you're weight is alright, sometimes. But concern can turn into an...

What is Beauty? – An Anorexic’s Tale.

For many years, I thought that I had done so many things wrong in my life that nothing good I did was worth anything. I kind of felt as though the good things I did were overshadowed by my many wrong doings. Publicly, I wrote this great facade of being this...