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Behavioural symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa
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Excessive exercising
Having ritual or obsessive behaviours
Being secretive
Lying about eating
Trying to please everyone
Cooking or preparing food for everyone else
Wearing baggy clothes
“Sometimes I skipped meals and did a lot of exercise especially on the days when I could not avoid eating. I felt I had to punish myself for eating and try to lose the calories I had eaten.”
“Losing weight gave me a real buzz and I felt good at something. At first, starving myself and over-exercising made me feel great and that I had loads of energy. Later I found out that this was an ‘artificial high’ and that it was my body’s way of telling me to find food.”
