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Do
You Have an Eating Disorder?
Dr.
Bill Gaultiere
Executive
Director of New Hope
Do you (or
someone you know) have a problem with compulsive behaviors surrounding
food? Has overeating, under-eating, or binge and purge cycles
diminished your enjoyment or productivity in your relationships
or work? Take the "AN ADDICT" self-test for food addiction
and find out.
- Alone?
Do you prefer to eat alone than with family or friends? Do you
avoid social situations that include food?
- Non-premeditated
use? Do you find yourself eating when you're not hungry? Does
one indulgence lead to "pigging out?" Do you often
forget to eat a meal? Do you "purge" through laxatives,
compulsive exercise, or diuretics?
- Amnesia?
Does eating, not eating, or purging leave you numb, in a fog,
or detached?
- Depend
on high? Do you frequently overeat, diet, over-exercise, or
vomit for pleasure, energy, or confidence? Do you feel restless,
irritable, or depressed if you don't overeat, diet, over-exercise,
or vomit? Have you tried unsuccessfully to change your eating
habits?
- Distracted?
Are you distracted by thoughts about your appearance, food,
dieting, exercising, or vomiting? Has your performance at work
or school decreased because of food, dieting, exercising, or
vomiting?
- Increased
tolerance? Are you eating, dieting, exercising, or vomiting
more than you used to in order to manage your life?
- Conceal
supply? Do you eat, diet, exercise, or vomit in secret? Do you
tell lies to cover up your eating, dieting, exercising, or vomiting?
- Tranquilizer?
Do you eat, diet, exercise, or vomit to feel better or to escape
feelings of depression, guilt, or anxiety or to forget about
your problems or a conflict?
Scoring: Yes
answers in two or more categories indicate that you may have an
eating disorder. For diagnoses and treatment consult in person
with a doctor or psychotherapist.
William Gaultiere,
Ph.D. is the Director of New Hope Crisis Counseling at the Crystal
Cathedral and a Psychologist with www.ChristianSoulCare.com.
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