Heres the real diagnostic criteria for an0r3xia for anyone who is curious what actually constitutes an 3d
1) refusal to maintain bodyweight at normal weight for height & age/ restriction of energy intake relative to requirements leading to significant low body weight
2) intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat/ persistent behaviour that interferes with weight gain
3) disturbed by body shape/ self worth influenced by body weight or shape, or persistent lack of recognition of seriousness of low bodyweight
Restricting subtype: does not regularly engage in b1nging or purg1ng
B/p subtype: does regularly engage in b1nging and purg1ng (purg1ng includes exercise purg1ng and lax abuse)
Atypical: all symptoms except being underweight
Orthorex1a: focus/ obsession on eating healthy food, fear of unhealthy food common with those with orthorex1a
Severity in diagnosis is based on bmi, mild: 17-18, moderate: 16-16.9, severe: 15-15.9, extreme: less than 15
• any amount of restriction with the intention to remain underwe1ght or become further underwe1ght is considered disordered- so it doesn't matter what food you eat if its restriction with the intention of being low weight- its disordered, high restriction, mid restriction, low restriction, even maintenance at a low bmi is considered disordered
•a fear of all food or types of food is not necessary its fear of weight gain that is the most key fear with 3d's, a fear of food may be present but it is not part of the diagnostic criteria it would vary from person to person. It is common for people to have 'safe foods' but these vary for everyone, and not everyone has 'fear foods' in contrast
•similarly its also self worth being influenced by weight that is another key part of 3d's
So not all disordered people will relate to each other on everything because there's a range of ways to experience an 3d that still all fall under having an 3d, and that is perfectly normal with every mental illness ever! So reminder that if you can't relate to someone it doesn't make them less disordered it just means you experience the same mental illness slightly differently
3d severity in a literal diagnostic way is not based on how little you eat, or how often you weigh yourself, or how scared of food you are or if you eat (insert type of vaugly unhealthy food), its based on bmi
Hope this information helps 💞
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