when eating disorders impact family life

when eating disorders impact family life
when eating disorders impact family life

These are evils that eat at you as much as they make you waste away. And who strike without warning, taking away everything in their path. For Aziliz*, the inner storm declared itself in full confinement at the age of 13 and a half through a simple desire to lose a little weight playing sports with his brother and attention to his diet. But the passing need turns into an obsession. Lurking in the shadows, anorexia bides its time. Five months later, the scale shows fifteen kilos less. She hardly ate anything anymore but for her, everything was fine. She was in complete denial says Isabelle, the voice of her daughter, who knocks on the doors of her GP and three dietitians to stop the downward spiral. In vain.

“Everything becomes anxiety-provoking and a source of tension”

Despite the establishment of regular monitoring at the Medical-Psychological Center (CMP) of hospital, the fall continues inexorably under the helpless gaze of parents who see the convivial moments of family meals turn into clashes. She dropped to 35, 36 kilos, her heart started…

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