Family and friends (all relationships, really) play a large role in a person's eating disroder. It can cause an eating disorder or cause it to be worse, but, on the other hand, support can help a person with an eating disroder to recover.
David Lovelace has written: 'Scattershot' -- subject(s): Family relationships, Manic-depressive persons, Treatment, Manic-depressive illness, Family, Personal Narratives, Bipolar Disorder
Because this is a medical issue, the first person to ask is your family doctor. If they can not help you directly, they will send you to a person who can determine if you have an eating disorder and help you if you do.
You (presumably a friend of family member) do not treat someone who has an eating disorder. You cannot simply talk somebody out of a mental or emotional disorder. Some treatment options include individual, group, &/or family psychotherapy, medical care & monitoring, nutritional counseling, & medications.
probably because then they are not so worried about getting fat or anything because everyone else is also eating around them. but i always hated eating together as a family as a kid
Tell your family they will help you! Otherwise I would look online about how to treat this problem.
This is believed to be very true. But it is unknown whether its because of genetics or strong influence from the family member/members who have the ed.
Brett Valette has written: 'A parent's guide to eating disorders' -- subject(s): Patients, Family relationships, Bulimia, Eating disorders in children, Popular works, Anorexia nervosa 'Parent's Guide to Eating Disorders' -- subject(s): Eating disorders in children, Family relationships, Patients, Popular works
In some families, a daughter's eating disorder serves as a distraction from marital discord or other family tensions
Anthony P. Luongo has written: 'Josette (and family)' -- subject(s): Family relationships, Manic-depressive persons
It depends... Why do they think you have an eating disorder? Have you been loosing wheight lately? If you lost wheight and are under your ideal wheight, there is something wrong with your diet or with your organism and you should seek medical help. If you just lost a little wheight and think your family is being paranoid about it, talk openly to them, show articles explaining what is an eating disorder... I am sure they would understand. Just be sincere to yourself and opened to recognize if you have any kind of problem... Eating disorders can be deadly if not treated!
Drug abusers may neglect relationships with friends and family. I would be sad if i lost my best friend or family wouldn't you.
no one is immune to getting an eating disorder. men and women are both affected eating disorders are normally not about being skinny, it is a way of dealing with other things depression often goes hand in hand with eating disorders eating disorders are very dangerous and often times lead to death people suffering from bulimia are harder to detect because they normally are of a normal weight to slightly overweight one type of eating disorder is overexercising one can stop menstruating due to an eating disorder many eating disorders go unnoticed by family members there are some websites out they (pro-ana pro-mia) who give tips and support eating disorders once someone develops an eating disorder, they usually draw away from people and the things they used to like, being consumed with their disorder an eating disorder is similar to other addictions and can be just as powerful to overcome