Jennifer’s Behaviors

Jennifer’s Behaviors

Jennifer’s behaviors can be classified as normal according to the 4D’s. Her behavior of controlled diet, which leads to losing much weight and shaping her body, is described friends describe as abnormal are normal to her. According to the first D (Dysfunction), it can be argued that her actions do not interfere wither her daily functions, so this is normal (World Health Organization, 2017). When it comes to the second D (Distress), her actions do not cause physical pain or emotional pain. When it comes to Deviance (the third D), the outside norms are abnormal, as is described by her friends (Borsboom, 2017). Last but not least, her feeding behavior and exercises are taken as dangerous because they scare and the others, and to some point, it distresses her. In general, Jennifer’s mental disorders can be described as normal.