What are some of the behaviors that an anorexic exhibits?

What are some of the behaviors that an anorexic exhibits?

Divya Kakaiya (Program Founder and Clinical Supervisor) gives expert video advice on: What are some of the physical symptoms of an anorexic?; What are some of the behaviors that an anorexic exhibits?; What are the moods or emotions of an anorexic? and more...

When you have somebody in their early stages of anorexia, they're going to be very happy, have a lot of energy, they're going to be getting better grades than they've ever got before, and the parents will tell me that we didn't realize that this was anorexia because she was doing better than she'd ever done. This is because of that hyper-arousal. So, in the beginning stages of anorexia, when the person's losing weight and feeling happy and excited before the depression comes on, you'll have a very happy, energetic, she'll be doing a lot of exercise, her grades will be really amazing, and she'll be feeling on top of the world. So, in the beginning phases of anorexia you'll see those kinds of things. Then as the anorexia progresses, then what you'll see is more of the depression, and you'll see a lot of isolation. The person will not want to be around people, they'll be hiding their food, they'll be not wanting to eat, and there is all this control stuff around food that will start to show.