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Common Health Problems When Recovering from Eating Disorders and Type 1 Diabetes
When I first started eating disorder treatment in 2008, I had an idea of what it would be like: I would go see a therapist for a month or so, they would tell me what was wrong with me, instruct me on how to fix it, and I would magically stop using eating disorder symptoms. I expected I would be done with treatment in a month or two.
Are You Addicted to Food? 7 Questions to Ask Yourself
Psychiatry determines whether a person is dependent on alcohol or another drug by asking patients seven basic questions. These questions are based on The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), which is the standard reference used by psychiatrists around the world for diagnosing and categorizing mental and emotional problems. The DSM establishes criteria related to tolerance, withdrawal, difficulty controlling use, desire to cut down, and specific negative consequences. It defines a person substance-dependent if he or she answers YES to three or more of the seven questions. Here I have adapted these questions to focus specifically on food.
Getting Off The Food Rollercoaster
Historically, our relationship with food has rested on the balance of our need to eat and the availability of food: the biological imperative to eat—hunger, and the physical ability to satisfy that imperative. The interplay between hunger and being satisfied is “appetite.”