Disordered Eating      Effects

PHYSICAL REPERCUSSIONS FROM ONE OR BOTH DISEASES

• Malnutrition Intestinal ulcers
• Dehydration Ruptured stomach
• Serious heart, kidney, and liver damage
• Tooth/gum erosion
• Tears of the esophagus
  

PSYCHOLOGICAL REPERCUSSIONS FROM BOTH DISEASES

• Depression Low self-esteem
• Shame and guilt
• Impaired family and social relationships
• Mood swings
• Perfectionism
• Non-assertive communication
• "All or nothing" thinking
• Loss of sense of self
• Isolation

                         SPIRITUAL         REPERCUSSIONS FROM BOTH DISEASES

• Emptiness
• Fear
• Spiritual Dryness
• "Dark night of the soul"
• Distant from God
• Lack of purpose/strength
• Confusion
• Loneliness

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