There are a number of changes you might notice, these are some of the most common things:
- Social isolation
- Avoiding / self-conscious about eating around others
- Difficulty concentrating
- Tiredness
- Irritability
- Low confidence and self-esteem
- Anxiety
- Obsessive and/or rigid behaviour (e.g. restricted foods, specific times for eating)
- Perfectionism and setting unreasonably high personal standards
- Self-harming behaviours
- Changes to weight – gaining, losing or fluctuating weight
- Avoiding physical exercise
- Exercising excessively
- Covering up body parts
- Eating when not hungry
