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Addictive Disorders
 

Anorexia Athletica
(Compulsive Exercising)

Many people who are preoccupied with food and weight exercise compulsively in attempts to control weight in a misguided attempt to gain a sense of power, control, and self-respect.

Symptoms of anorexia athletica include:

· exercising beyond the requirements for good health
· being fanatical about weight and diet
· stealing time from work, school, and relationships to exercise
· focusing on challenge and forgetting that physical activity can be fun
· defining self-worth in terms of performance
· rarely or never being satisfied with athletic achievements
· always pushing on to the next challenge
· justifying excessive behavior by defining self as an athlete or insisting that their behavior is healthy




 
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