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Amen and Amen (2016) discuss how stress warns that a large amount of stress hormone is discharging throughout the human body. The body responds to stress by sending a message to the hypothalamus, a small part at the base of the brain, communicating a warning signal to the body. The need to calm down the …
You May Wonder How Secure-Attachment Reduce Binge-Eating-Disorder? The Development of a Secure Attachment Believe it or not, studies show how secure-attachment reduces binge-eating-disorder. A secure-attachment develops when parents focus on the baby’s biological and emotional needs, as well as, fulfill them in a timely manner. As the child grows a sense of reliability develops within …
If you have a problem with your body image, you may feel preoccupied with self-doubt, lack of self-confidence, and experience depression because you perceive that you do not look good enough. You may have a problem with your-body-image problem or body dysmorphic disorder. You may feel if your body were just thinner you would achieve …
History-of-Anorexia-and-Bulimia Anorexia Disturbances in eating have been noted in literature dating back to the 12th century. “The first descriptions of anorexia nervosa in the western world date from the12th and 13th centuries, most famously Saint Catherine of Siena, who denied herself food as part of a spiritual denial of self” (Deans, 2011). It was not …
How to Resist Food Temptation Do you Feel Food Controls You? The following page will give you some examples of methods in which people eat. The object is to learn when food is irresistible to you. When do you give in to overeating? Are you able to notice hunger fullness and what your food you desire? May …
Reasons Why is a Psychological Assessment Necessary Often people who are about to have Bariatric Surgery become concerned because they are asked to have a psychological assessment as part of the evaluation before surgery. The apprehension is usually related to the results of the assessment prohibiting from obtaining the operation. If you are a patient, …
Five Key Issues in Body-Dysmorphic-Disorder helps the reader to understand five of the main components of body dysmorphic disorder.
