self-starvation
Refusing to eat
Self-starvation is the deliberate refusal to eat, whether as a form of protest, a symptom of an eating disorder, or a method of suicide.
Hunger strikers practice self-starvation to pressure authorities.
In anorexia nervosa, self-starvation stems from distorted body image and fear of weight gain.
The prisoner's self-starvation lasted eighteen days before officials intervened.
Eating disorder, self-starvation
- eating disorderMental illness affecting nutrition
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- cachexiaSevere illness-induced wasting
- emaciationExtreme bodily thinness
wasting · restriction · caloric deficit · refeeding · hospitalization · treatment · diagnosis · DSM
Limit on action
- skipping mealsForgoing scheduled eating times
- calorie countingMonitoring dietary energy intake
- portion controlLimiting serving sizes
- ritualsCeremonial repeated practices
hiding food · lying · excessive exercise · weighing · body checking · avoidance · isolation · meal planning
Deliberate food avoidance
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
- renunciationFormal surrender of claim
penance · religious · monastic · abstinence · devotion · transcendence · discipline · suffering
Authority to direct
- perfectionismCompulsive pursuit of flawlessness
- body dysmorphiaFixation on imagined physical flaws
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
depression · trauma · coping mechanism · denial · secrecy · shame · compulsion · intrusive thoughts
Protest through refusing food
- politicalOf government matters
- prisonerConfined criminal detainee
- activismDirect effort for reform
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
Gandhi · suffragettes · force-feeding · civil disobedience · martyrdom · demonstration · detention · conscientious
anorexia
Eating disorder, self-starvation
- eating disorderMental illness affecting nutrition
- malnutritionDisease from dietary inadequacy
- cachexiaSevere illness-induced wasting
emaciation · wasting · restriction · caloric deficit · refeeding · hospitalization · treatment · diagnosis · DSM · intervention
restriction
Limit on action
- skipping mealsForgoing scheduled eating times
- calorie countingMonitoring dietary energy intake
- portion controlLimiting serving sizes
rituals · hiding food · lying · excessive exercise · weighing · body checking · avoidance · isolation · meal planning · food rules
fasting
Deliberate food avoidance
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- mortificationIntense shame or embarrassment
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
renunciation · penance · religious · monastic · abstinence · devotion · transcendence · discipline · suffering · enlightenment
control
Authority to direct
- perfectionismCompulsive pursuit of flawlessness
- body dysmorphiaFixation on imagined physical flaws
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
anxiety · depression · trauma · coping mechanism · denial · secrecy · shame · compulsion · intrusive thoughts · identity
hunger strike
Protest through refusing food
resistance · Gandhi · suffragettes · force-feeding · civil disobedience · martyrdom · demonstration · detention · conscientious · solidarity
- self-harmcutting, burning, scratching, skin picking, hair pulling
- eating disordersanorexia, bulimia, anorexia nervosa, binge eating, bulimia nervosa
self-starvationovereating
Consuming beyond bodily needs
binge eating · compulsive eating · gluttony · gorging · overindulgence
self-starvationself-feeding
Replenishing without outside help
self-care · healthy eating · intuitive eating · mindful eating
self-starvationfamine
Severe food shortage
food insecurity · hunger · food scarcity · starvation · deprivation
self, starvation, starve, starved, starving, starves, selves, selfhood, selfless