Show Eat Eating i n g D Disorders i SO rd e rs iii t i i t I 1 D D- 1 sc U d 5 r M y Itc fr 45 r t I. I By Janice Blackham r 1 f r. r I Te j 1 f i r v The director of the eating I. disorder unit at the Western In- In Institute t Neuropsychiatry of-Neuropsychiatry of- of WIN i- i rv- rv r says that someone suffers from an eating disorder when a person is eating inappropriately in someway some way vay or another another- an and i the inappropriate ate eating serves to help them deal with problems or cope with lifes life's situations Dr Mark added that the become serious j problem can and life threatening People dodie do die from starvation A recent survey conducted by Glamour magazine found th that f v 86 percent of the females surveyed were dissatisfied with their we weight That means that there are a vast number of women going on cm diets t Technically to be anorexic a person must be 25 percent below their expected body bodyweight weight but he from would not turn anyone away treatment bec because use they hadn't reached that point yet Eating disorders often come from underlying problems of control control control con con- independence dependency a low self-esteem self or and/or avoiding anger said for the binging is an avoidance kind of issue but at the same time the behavior will increase because of being out of control The purge gives you a feeling of regaining control also said the results of dieting are re very very concrete and clear and it is very ineffective to use these results as solutions to complex complex com com complex plex problems n The underlying causes get left left ignored and pile up upon on each on-each each other The person with the eating disorder is left feeling inadequate inadequate inadequate quate and the real issues are getting getting getting get get- ting worse because they are not being being being be be- ing dealt with directly The best thing that parents can cando cando cando do as a preventative measure is to let their children know that they are an important person because of who they are not because of how they look not because of how they dress dress- but because because of who they are Conditional love Iove and praise makes more children vulnerable It Itis Ii is is' important that preventative measures f ea ures be taken a eri while while ch children d en are very young Its n not t going to tobe tobe tobe be very effective if you wait until they are 15 It is Not common for a person to totally recover from eating disorder People who come for help before they are in inthe inthe inthe the behavior too long usually recover faster than someone with a longer history The process of recovery is not the same for everyone Each person is unique and you have to be very specific in inan inan inan an individual tre treatment program These people will probably always maintain some focus on J food od or weight but it will no longer be a central issue of their whole life Anybody who is serious about therapy can decrease the focus |