Cora has an intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat, and as a result she either avoids eating or eats extremely small por
tions. When she looks in the mirror, she sees a very overweight person, even though in reality, she is dangerously thin. Which of the following eating disorders is Cora suffering from? A.
Anorexia nervosa
Pica is defined as the persistent indigestion of nonnutritive substances for at least a month at an age for which developmentally inappropriate. So all those symptoms actually describe A. Anorexia nervosa
Because you haven’t ever really lived without them. It’s a shock to the brain and body that they are gone and you can’t necessarily believe that you won’t ever get to see them again.
