Top 5 psychological problems affecting techies

By siliconindia   |   Monday, 27 June 2011, 16:14 IST   |    6 Comments
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4. Eating disorder
Negative influences within the organization play a major role in triggering and perpetuating eating disorders. The huge pressure to meet deadlines and the less amount of time to finish a particular work contribute hugely in creating eating disorders among the techies. They either snack on junked food which does not seem sufficient for them or they tend to skip meals. This ultimately affects their appetites which tend to become accustomed with the new behavior. Anorexia, is the distorted body image (body dysmorphia). It is one form of eating disorder that are prevalent among the techies and few adult treatment options exist hence we would recommend you to overcome the pressure of your organization and follow period routine of your food habits. Anorexia nervosa is a very serious illness that has a wide range of effects on the body and mind. It is also associated with other problems ranging from frequent flu?s and general poor health to life-threatening conditions. Some experts believe that it should be not be approach as a simple eating disorder but as a serious condition requiring staging according to severity. A website called About.com revealed that study on eating disorders showed that recovery rates vary between 23 percent and 50 percent, and relapses range from 4 percent to 27 percent. Even for those who recover, one study indicated that recovery took between four and nearly seven years. Depending on the duration of the study, anorexic patients have reported death rates ranging from 4 percent to 25 percent.