Take this at your own pace.
Use the timeframe described on this page and choose the answer that feels closest. You can stop whenever you want.
Your answers are ready to reflect on.
This is a record of what you selected, not a score or clinical interpretation.
You selected an answer other than “Never” for thoughts of death or self-harm. Please tell someone you trust and contact a verified crisis service now. If you may act soon, call local emergency services or go to the nearest emergency department. Find crisis support.
If any answer involves immediate danger, abuse, or an inability to stay safe, use urgent local support now.
Take eating concerns seriously at every body size.
Eating concerns can affect people at any body size and may involve restriction, binge eating, compensatory behavior, body image, medical symptoms, or rigid rules. An online reflection cannot determine medical stability.
What deserves careful, direct attention
The prompts are an observation aid. They cannot establish a diagnosis, severity category, cause, or treatment recommendation.
The self-care guide can support basic needs and dignity, but it does not replace eating-disorder medical and nutritional care.
| Area | What to notice | Useful detail to record |
|---|---|---|
| Food patterns | Restriction, loss of control, secrecy, rules, or skipped meals | Frequency and situations—not calorie totals |
| Compensation | Vomiting, medication misuse, fasting, or driven exercise | Any behavior that may create immediate medical risk |
| Body image | Shape or weight controlling mood, identity, or self-worth | Checking, avoidance, and comparison patterns |
| Health and function | Dizziness, fainting, pain, weakness, concentration, or social withdrawal | New or worsening physical symptoms |
Check physical safety before interpretation
The same answer can mean different things depending on timing, health, safety, environment, and what is typical for you.
Use the care-search workspace to record the specialist experience, medical coordination, access, and practical needs you are looking for.
- Are there physical symptoms such as fainting, chest symptoms, severe weakness, dehydration, or confusion?
- How much do food and body thoughts control the day?
- Which behaviors are hidden because of fear, shame, or rules?
Tell a clinician what is actually happening
A clinician or support person can respond more clearly when you bring specific examples instead of trying to summarize your entire life.
Fainting, chest symptoms, confusion, severe weakness, vomiting blood, or inability to keep fluids down requires urgent medical support now.
- Tell a clinician about behaviors and physical symptoms directly.
- Ask what medical monitoring and nutrition support are needed.
- Identify one trusted person who can help with the next appointment or meal.
Prepare an eating-care conversation note
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When eating symptoms need urgent medical care
Eating disorders can become medically dangerous even when appearance does not change. Fainting, chest pain, confusion, severe weakness, vomiting blood, or inability to keep fluids down requires urgent medical care.
If there is immediate danger, abuse, severe physical symptoms, or an inability to stay safe, use urgent local help now rather than waiting to complete this page.
Sources and scope
This educational material uses the institutional overviews below as starting points. Those sources do not validate this original check-in, and the check-in does not reproduce or score a clinical instrument.