Eating disorders are becoming a problem in our society. Anorexia Nervosa is one of the most common eating disorders. The percentage of all American women with this disorder is one percent. This percentage includes mothers, daughters, sisters, etc. It could be a relative, friend, or even a co-worker that is exercising and starving themselves to death. These women that we truly care and love so much feel like they are not good enough the way that they are (“Anorexia Nervosa Symptoms.” 2017). Anorexia is a disease for a reason. A person with this disorder can’t just “snap out of” it. This disease takes years to overcome. They are literally worried about their body image 24/7. Even when the sufferer is sleeping they will have bad dreams about eating and exercising (“Anorexia Nervosa Symptoms.” 2017)
People with anorexia nervosa try to prevent gaining …show more content…
Kristina turned into a girl who ate whatever they wanted and started to show off her healthy body. She made a decision one day that her life was going to change for the better and she worked hard to get that way. Now that she realizes who she really is, she has a social life, she doesn’t count her calorie intake, and people don’t disown her. If she hadn’t of got away from this terrible eating disorder, she would have a completely different life. One of her good friends said that she had a choice. The two choices were, either be a sick miserable girl who never gets to participate in anything or be the real girl who get to live (Kristina’s Story,” 2018). Now that Kristina has recovered, she is a graduate from Harvard College. She has a bachelors degree in psychology. She has a job at the department of psychiatry at standard as a research coordinator. Kristina also is a part-time director for Project HEAL. Eventually she wants to get her doctorates in clinical psychology so that she can treat people that has an eating disorder (“Kristina’s Story.” 2018).
People with anorexia nervosa try to prevent gaining …show more content…
Kristina turned into a girl who ate whatever they wanted and started to show off her healthy body. She made a decision one day that her life was going to change for the better and she worked hard to get that way. Now that she realizes who she really is, she has a social life, she doesn’t count her calorie intake, and people don’t disown her. If she hadn’t of got away from this terrible eating disorder, she would have a completely different life. One of her good friends said that she had a choice. The two choices were, either be a sick miserable girl who never gets to participate in anything or be the real girl who get to live (Kristina’s Story,” 2018). Now that Kristina has recovered, she is a graduate from Harvard College. She has a bachelors degree in psychology. She has a job at the department of psychiatry at standard as a research coordinator. Kristina also is a part-time director for Project HEAL. Eventually she wants to get her doctorates in clinical psychology so that she can treat people that has an eating disorder (“Kristina’s Story.” 2018).