They also can try to use diet pills to control their appetite, or laxatives to attempt to rid their body of food, both of which are dangerous and basically useless in producing weight loss results. There are many similarities in both illnesses, the most common being the cause. There also seems to be a direct correlation in some people to clinical Depression, whether diagnosed or not, with the eating disorder sometimes causing the depression or the depression leading to the eating disorder. All in all, eating disorders are very complex emotional issues. Though they may seem to be nothing but a dangerously obsessive dietary concern on the surface, for most men and women suffering with an eating disorder there are deeper emotional conflicts to be resolved.
Every person suffering from an eating disorder is extremely underweight.
There are a lot of anorexic, bulimic and compulsive overeaters suffering that are average weight or above. Eating disorders are a vanity issue. Many eating disorders may start out as dieting, but the behavior turns quickly to a coping mechanism for dealing with stress, self hate, hurt, etc. Compulsive Overeaters are lazy and have no will power. People suffering with compulsive overeating use food as a way to fill a void they feel.