Jera, I am very sorry that you suffered so much, both from boundary violations and from an ED. I hope you got the treatment you needed and that you are now physically and mentally/emotionally healthy. No one should have to go through what you did.
Most families of children who manifest EDs are, however, loving and supportive of their children. They are close enough to their children to prevent boundary violations by others, or to treat the ill effects if that should happen temporarily to their child. Most families will do whatever they can to bring a child to health from any illness, physical or mental. Certainly there are abusive parents who do nothing but harm to their children, but that is just not the case in the vast majority of families. EDs can and do manifest in both kinds of families. The healthy families can literally save their children's lives. It is very sad that you had to save yourself, but a good thing that you were able to do so. Many other children have died as a result of either getting no treatment for an ED or not receiving successful treatment.
Whatever the causes are of EDs, the word needs to be spread that there are very successful treatments out there, that don't take many years and hundreds of thousands of dollars. These treatments can be done outpatient in much less time, with the help of devoted families in addition to the mental and physical health care professionals. I would have given much for the following link back in 1999 when my D was starving in front of my very eyes. http://www.maudsleyparents.org/whatismaudsley.html
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Jera, I am very sorry that you suffered so much, both from boundary violations and from an ED. I hope you got the treatment you needed and that you are now physically and mentally/emotionally healthy. No one should have to go through what you did.
Most families of children who manifest EDs are, however, loving and supportive of their children. They are close enough to their children to prevent boundary violations by others, or to treat the ill effects if that should happen temporarily to their child. Most families will do whatever they can to bring a child to health from any illness, physical or mental. Certainly there are abusive parents who do nothing but harm to their children, but that is just not the case in the vast majority of families. EDs can and do manifest in both kinds of families. The healthy families can literally save their children's lives. It is very sad that you had to save yourself, but a good thing that you were able to do so. Many other children have died as a result of either getting no treatment for an ED or not receiving successful treatment.
Whatever the causes are of EDs, the word needs to be spread that there are very successful treatments out there, that don't take many years and hundreds of thousands of dollars. These treatments can be done outpatient in much less time, with the help of devoted families in addition to the mental and physical health care professionals. I would have given much for the following link back in 1999 when my D was starving in front of my very eyes. http://www.maudsleyparents.org/whatismaudsley.html
June 17, 2009 - 9:25amThis Comment
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