Anorexia Nervosa OR OCD OR Unipolar Depression

Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder where individuals perceive themselves as overweight when they are, in fact, underweight.
Characterised by extreme thinness, an intense fear of gaining weight, and a distorted body image.
Individuals may engage in excessive exercise, strict dieting, and self induced vomiting to prevent weight gain.
The disorder may be accompanied by a number of physical symptoms such as amenorrhea, anaemia, cardiovascular problems, electrolyte imbalance, and bone loss.

OCD is an anxiety disorder featuring unwanted and intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and repetitive behaviours (compulsions).
Obsessions may encompass fear of germs, worrying about forgetting important things, need for symmetry, or intrusive violent, sexual or blasphemous thoughts.
Compulsions often involve repetitive washing and cleaning, checking, counting, orderliness or hoarding.
Individuals know that their obsessions are irrational yet feel compelled to perform their compulsive behaviours to relieve their anxiety.

Unipolar depression is a mood disorder characterised by persistent feelings of sadness, worthlessness, and a lack of interest in outside stimuli.
Other symptoms may include loss of appetite, insomnia or hypersomnia, fatigue, loss of concentration, and recurrent thoughts of death.
Individuals may also experience physical symptoms without any physical cause, such as headaches, digestive disorders and chronic pain.
This disorder is also known as Major Depressive Disorder or Clinical Depression.