Increases the risk of anorexia and bulimia during exam times
The Institute of Eating Disorders (ITA) warns of the risk involved in the upcoming testing period for people with eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia, by increasing stress and personal demand, negatively affecting the eating patterns of the children. young boys.
As they warn, the level of personal demand and the perfectionist nature of these patients entails a high intolerance to frustration, which is why it is usual that during exam periods they devote a large part of their time to study to achieve the highest results, thus altering their eating habits.
Frustration and weight loss
Some patients avoid the frustration of not obtaining the desired notes by losing weight to compensate for lower than expected results, while also detecting a greater consumption of satisfying products rich in carbohydrates to calm anxiety, "which also derives in an increase in binge eating, "he warns.
This experts explain that the perfectionism of these young people explains why at exam time, or even months in advance, the levels of social isolation of these patients increase.
Myths of anorexia: intelligent high-performance girls
In fact, remember, years ago one of the myths about anorexia was that it affected smart girls with very high academic performance. Later it was discovered that these people devoted an exaggerated amount of time to studies, so in most cases the good results are not the result of intelligence but the time spent in the study to the detriment of other activities or social relationships.
In addition, experts remember that social isolation is related in these young people to the increase of depressive symptoms and obsessiveness, so they recommend strengthening the attention on this patients to avoid social isolation and excessive dedication to study, offering strategies for face anxiety and other aspects such as perfectionism, fear of failure or tolerance to frustration.
