The understanding of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa as psychopathological entities approves some self constructions of people in health care services. Our goal in this work was to understand the positioning games of health care service users and how it affects the professional-patient relationship. The social constructionist perspective guided this research. The patients of an assistance service in eating disorders were interviewed. The analysis of the material showed how the diagnosis works to crystallize stigmatizing versions of the patients. The concept of "relational being" was offered for health professionals relational scenarios between professional and patient that could include the concept of self as a movement and not stability.
anorexia nervosa; bulimia; self construction; social constructionism