What are the Mental Health issues associated with Eating Disorders?

Rarely do eating disorders exist without associated mental health issues, especially the longer the disorder continues. Sometimes the mental health problems come before the onset of an ED, and sometimes they are the result.

Because an eating disorder is about control, it's natural that someone with an ED will feel anxious about either being out of control or becoming out of control.

Eating disorders are also about obsession. Those obsessions can permeate other areas of life, leading to obsessive disorders.

An eating disorder is an addiction. People who suffer from one addiction tend to be predisposed to developing other addictions.

Below you will find more detailed information on the mental health issues associated with eating disorders. Just because these conditions are mentioned, does not mean that everyone with an ED will develop one or all of these conditions. It also does not mean that whether or not an ED was present, the person would have suffered from these mental illnesses.

Please note: If there are little to no links in the list below, that is because you happened on this site in its infancy. Please check back often as I will be developing pages quickly.

Mental Health Issues Associated with Eating Disorders
Women and Depression
Depression Warning Signs
What is Anxiety?
Physical Symptoms of Anxiety Attacks
Suicide Silence
Cutting - Self Injury
Addictions
OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
BDD - Body Dysmorphic Disorder
PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PICA
Bipolar Disorder
DID/MPD - Dissociative Identity Disorder/Multiple Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder
ADD/ADHD - Attention Deficit Disorder/Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

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