The textbook “Abnormal Psychology” chapter 8 was very beneficial and helped the potential counselor “I” learn knowledgeable facts about the topic eating disorder for this week assigned reading. With that being said, the initial fact that I learned about eating disorders was that there are two types of disorder: Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa. According to the American Psychiatric Association, Anorexia as an emotional disorder that is characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat. In other words, anorexia is when an individual only eats a minimal amount (small portions) of food and exercise vigorously to offset intake of in the body. On that note, Anorexia is increasing more rapidly in the United States and also in the
