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Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders are physiological and/or psychological disturbances in appetite or food intake. The most common ones are Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa, and you can use this forum to talk about these and other eating disorders. Share your healing journey, discuss your treatment, and give advice to others.

Can eating disorder be cured?

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Hello! My sister has just called me and told me her daughter is in the hospital since she had eating disorder. She fainted in the school and when she was brought to the hospital they couldn’t believe how skinny she was. My sister didn’t notice her terrible condition since she wears baggy...

by User avatar shaylyn39853442

Can eating disorder be hereditary?

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Hello! My sister has two daughters who are 14 and 16. They are really great girls and we love them very much. I noticed the younger is very thin and I am afraid she has some eating disorder. My sister used to fight eating disorder when she was a teenage girl. Can eating disorder be hereditary?

by User avatar lorelle46289

What's the other name for eating disorder?

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Hello! I am Mary and I am thirteen. I have heard many things about eating disorder on TV and I read about it in the Internet. I don’t have any problems with that but I have some friends who are extremely concerned about their weight. When we were at the winter holidays with our school I...

by User avatar polly94053841

What are symptoms of eating disorder?

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Hello! I have a daughter who is eleven. She is very sensitive and I can see she is entering her difficult age. I talk a lot with her but I see that there are things she doesn’t want to talk about such as boys or her body. I don’t insist on such conversation. I told her I am open to all...

by User avatar shaylah44313

Side effects of eating disorder

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Hello! My friend has an eating disorder. She is extremely thin and I can’t remember I have seen her eating anything with us recently. We often go to have some ice cream or cake at the candy shop near our school but she never goes with us. I heard that eating disorder can harm the...

by User avatar domeniga181353684

What causes eating disorder in children?

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Hello! My friend has just told me her daughter suffers from eating disorder. She is fourteen years old. They live alone since my friend divorced her husband two years ago. She works almost whole day to pay the rent and other costs because her ex-husband doesn’t even call them. I was so sorry...

by User avatar deeann116654448

Is full recovery possible with eating disorder?

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Hello! My neighbor has a daughter who has eating disorders. I think she has anorexia. She is already under psychotherapy for two months but we can’t see some improve in her weight. She doesn’t take any medications but she doesn’t look well. Is full recovery possible with eating...

by User avatar aliza34632

How to prevent eating disorder?

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Hello! Hello! My sister has a daughter who is eleven. She spends most of her time in front of the mirror changing her clothes and listening to the loudest music I have ever heard. I find this normal for her age. But, I noticed she eats only one kind of food and I am worried about her since I noticed...

by User avatar anna-maria37961

Is there a therapy for eating disorder?

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Hello! My daughter’s friend suffers from eating disorder. She has told me she takes some medicines to improve her condition. When I asked her if she visited a psychologist she said she wasn’t since her doctor told her there was no psychotherapy for eating disorder. I am confused. Is...

by User avatar amata42153843

child eating disorder

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Hi, a friend of mine told me that she thinks that hers and mine daughter are suffering from anorexia. I have told her that she is being silly because our daughters are only ten years old. I have heard about eating disorders in teenage children, but I have never heard that these problems may occur in...

by User avatar adora50085