Week Four: Anorexia Nervosa

This week whilst in class I ended up getting grouped up. They're doing self harm awareness blogs. It makes sense as to why I was paired up with them. Although I was scared to be paired up with people but I guessed it was best to pair with them as they have somewhat similar topics.
Anyways onto the subject of the blog. I want to focus of a certain ED today. Anorexia Nervosa. I might as well start with this one as that's what I have. Anorexia Nervosa is a type  of eating disorder that makes people lose weight that is considered unhealthy for one's age and height. People with this disorder may have a very intense fear of gaining weight. One could do extreme dieting and exercise, or other ways, in order to lose weight.
Although I don't believe that one has to be majorly underweight to be diagnosed with anorexia, I believe that anyone who has an intense fear of gaining weight may have a form of anorexia. I mean I may not be underweight for my age and height, yet I skip two meals everyday. I only eat dinner and I don't even eat much. I also do have the intense fear of gaining weight. When I look at people I always think about how they can be pretty and skinny, when I'm...ew.
Key point to this is if you have a friend or family person who shows signs of intense fears of eating or may be trying to lose a lot of weight by skipping meals, extreme dieting, or over exercising may need to speak to someone they trust. A friend, family member, trusty adult, or counselor. It's shown that most people who have ED's and other disorders want help, but are just afraid to ask for it. Word of the wise, it's best to ask for help then suffer on your own.

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Week Three: Symptoms In General

During week three I decided to go with my gut feeling and continue this blog. This week I thought of little ways that one might notice an ED developing. The symptoms scared me. Some were:

• Frequently being cold
• Low blood pressure
• Refusal to eat and denial to hunger
• Intense fear of gaining weight
• Feeling depressed

 Those are just four symptoms out of a long list. In the future I will most likely share more but for now that's enough. At the end on today I have finally gotten the courage to continue this blog, and hope it will help anyone out there who feels alone in this battle. Remember you're never alone.

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Week Two: Doubts

During the second week of this project I started having doubts on this blog. I felt as though, and still do, that this blog will be too depressing and emotional for me. Seeing as I still struggle with an eating disorder myself,  I'm hoping this project will help myself and others become more aware of how serious this is. It's shown that 1 out of 5 people with ED's(eating disorders) will pass away. When I saw that it really made me think. People should never have to have an ED, it's something nobody should ever endure, and with this blog i hope to help others overcome their ED in hopes of a healthy happy life.

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Week One: Introductions

For the first week of this project I had to come up with a list of certain subjects to do this blog  on. As difficult as it was I decided to make one about eating disorders. The reason I chose it was to help others who don't know much about it, and want to learn. I know that eating disorders can be as big of an issue as self-harming. But anyways, The first week I spent deciding to create a blog about eating disorders.

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