Eating Disorder Help Guide For An Individual

By Jocelyn Davidson


People feel lots of emotions while they are living their every day lives. These emotions are classified as either positive ones or negative feelings. It would be a good thing if positive emotions are being felt every single day. However, this is certainly not the case. The lives of people are certainly being affected more by these negative emotions.

These individuals may develop eating sickness brought about by these negative emotions. Their self confidence and their self esteem will drop and they will be affected. There are eating disorder help guides that you can use if family member, family friend, or a person that you love most is experiencing these kinds of sickness such as binge eating, bulimia, or anorexia.

There are a lot of warning signs that might tell you about your loved one having eating disorders. They are usually obsessed with counting how many calories are in their food, dieting even if they are already thin, exercising a lot, going to bathrooms after every meal. They also usually take laxative pills, have unexplained weight loss or gain, and make a lot of excuses to avoid eating.

You need to discuss this to your loved one. You need to tell him that you worry for his health. You should let him know that you understand the things that he is going through and that you can guide and comfort him. Most patients still in the early stages of this disorder are usually motivated to cure their own sickness.

You should never give comments about the way he looks. In most cases, he is aware of his own weight already and does not want to be constantly reminded of his looks. Compliments should not given since he will be obsessing more on his body weigh and his image.

You should never demand that they change almost immediately. If you do, they will try to rebel and will not try to help themselves. This change may take time and should be done on their own terms. If they try to change immediately, it may cause adverse effects on their health, instead.

You have to encourage him about managing his emotions in a healthy manner. You should provide encouragements to the person since he will need it the most. It will motivate him to change himself and cure himself from his sickness.

If you have already done all the talks that you know, it could be time for you to ask professional help for this individual. These services are being offered to the public by lots of clinics and hospitals at varying costs. Included in these treatments are residential treatments, support groups, counseling, and therapy. Lots of medical practitioners are specializing in helping them in getting over the negative feelings.

However, there are also cases where hospitalization may be needed. Hospitalization may be needed in cases where the person is already dangerously malnourished, severely depressed and is already suicidal, suffering from complications, and getting worse even if he is undergoing treatments. Whatever the case may be, treating an eating disorder will certainly take time. You need to be patient and compassionate during these times.




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