No parent wants his children to fall into the pit of eating disorders. But with the pressures that a teenager has to deal with nowadays, eating disorders seem to become more and more common among teenagers. Therefore, parents should know what to do in case these problems arise in their children. One thing that parents …
If so, you need to follow these people and organizations for the latest information and support for eating disorders. Watch out who you follow – sometimes tweeters may be actually pro-ana and not offer the support you need. @BEDAorg – Binge Eating Disorder Association @EDNMaryland – Eating Disorder Network Maryland @starlightlife – Eating Disorder counselor …
If you are in recovery from an eating disorder, or any addiction, being able to distract oneself is a critical tool. The folks over at Psych Central offer these suggestions: Some good ones: crossword puzzles, novels, Sudoku, e-mails, walking the dog (pets are wonderful “buddies” and can improve mental health), card games, movies, “American Idol” …
It’s a terrible feeling when you can’t keep your promises to yourself- it’s demoralizing, shaming, and makes you want to indulge in the behaviors you are trying so hard to change. Lisa Briggs, of http://www.intuitivebody.com, suggests this: “I believe the remedy must be mostly spiritual versus physical. If you start with the food, and make …
If body image is an issue for you, consider getting the movie, “disfigured.” This award-winning, entertaining, and thought-provoking feature film is about the relationship between two women from opposite ends of the scales who are forced to confront deeply-buried feelings about their bodies. Lydia is a fat, graceful woman struggling to maintain her identity in …
When you live with an eating disorder, you block knowledge and self awareness you don’t know you have. When you think you are not explaining yourself well what is happening is that you can’t articulate some kind of knowing. Your conscious mind doesn’t have access to your unconscious mind. Just keep writing. By all means …
I am an anxious person. This aspect of my personality held me prisoner for many many years, until I began to use some techniques that helped me to decrease my anxiety, or in some instances, to use that additional adrenalin to my advantage. Anxiety played a big part in both the development and the maintenance …
An eating disorder, either Anorexia or Bulimia, when in it’s full blown state, often consists of many rules and rituals, often paralleling a “religion”. These “rules” are numerous, and very individual to the person, but they are often related to good/bad foods, allowable times for eating, size of bites, number of times a bite is …
Changing in habit or behavior or obeying some rules can add much to get rid of eating disorder. These include eating at some fixed times, applying self-monitoring or keeping diaries, doing exercise timely, changing of eating habits like taking much food having less calories (for bulimia patients) or taking less food having much calories (for …
Some of you may know about, and even be involved in the recent Ralph Lauren Boycott on Facebook. I rec’d an email about this today: CNN News will do a segment about the Ralph Lauren boycott and how a group of 7700 people on Facebook has the entire fashion industry taking notice. The segment will …
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