I too suffer from eating disorders, for 34 years now. I do not agree that the issue is "food." I believe eating disorders are psychological disorders and that it's very important to get to the underlying, psychological root cause for them. I believe it's about "control" and "coping," not "food." I believe my eating disorders are a "disease," something that I will always have to be aware of - no different from the alcoholism that I am recovering from. My eating disorders are just another addiction, another form of "acting out" and being "self-destructive," whether consciously or unconsciously.
As for being a "damaged child," well I was. And even though I'm now 46 years old, I am still that same little girl inside that I've always been. That is reality. We are all who we were as children (our inner child). And I was a indeed a very emotionally "damaged" child.
There is nothing "simple" about any eating disorder. All eating disorders are very complicated. If you go to Joanna's site, you'll see that she has many, many articles and lots of diverse information posted there - from every angle, not just her post on this site. I encourage everyone reading this to check out her site and see what she is really all about! Please do not judge her until you do.
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I too suffer from eating disorders, for 34 years now. I do not agree that the issue is "food." I believe eating disorders are psychological disorders and that it's very important to get to the underlying, psychological root cause for them. I believe it's about "control" and "coping," not "food." I believe my eating disorders are a "disease," something that I will always have to be aware of - no different from the alcoholism that I am recovering from. My eating disorders are just another addiction, another form of "acting out" and being "self-destructive," whether consciously or unconsciously.
As for being a "damaged child," well I was. And even though I'm now 46 years old, I am still that same little girl inside that I've always been. That is reality. We are all who we were as children (our inner child). And I was a indeed a very emotionally "damaged" child.
There is nothing "simple" about any eating disorder. All eating disorders are very complicated. If you go to Joanna's site, you'll see that she has many, many articles and lots of diverse information posted there - from every angle, not just her post on this site. I encourage everyone reading this to check out her site and see what she is really all about! Please do not judge her until you do.
Peace and Blessings to All,
June 8, 2009 - 5:35pmShelley
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