Eating Disorders

You may have read many news stories recently about eating disorders. Young girls are influenced by magazines and the television. They are influenced by their peers and their desire to 'fit in' to what they believe is a'normal' image. Many young girls experience bullying or may go through some sort of trauma in their life. When life feels like it is out of control, we will often 'take control' in some other way and one of the most common ways is to control our food intake. It is the same as many other unhelpful habits and behaviours, although they can become destructive, they usually begin as a way of achieving some form of control or comfort. The habit then takes on a life of it's own and the need to meet the compulsions of the habit and the feelings derived from that habit take over from objectivity.

If you or a family member 'disappear' during meals, hide food, wear layers of clothes, make yourself sick after eating, eat little for days and then binge eat, suffer from hair loss or tooth decay, feel constantly tired, think you look overweight when your BMI is below average then you may be suffering from some sort of eating disorder and will need to get help. With the right sort of psychological support you can recover and have the happy life that you really deserve.