Anorexia: Eating disorders are a hard job

We often want to know how the mind works with people with eating disorders. This seems to be because of the way to lose weight in anorexia, she is not easy to eat. How could she be so thin and still eat so little? We will never do that; it is too difficult.

Eating disorders are not included in the Diagnostic Handbook as a dissociative disease, but it may be. According to the dictionary, to separate means from

"Turn off contact with yourself" from

 Either from

"separate."

Have a continuous separation experience. We have all experienced this or that level of experience. When you drive and "vacate" and don't remember part of your journey to your destination; this is a very gentle form of separation.

The extreme form of separation is when someone has experienced something that was once called "multiple personality disorder." This means that they have left themselves until they have multiple personalities or identities.

In order to control extreme pain, this person separates himself. Each identity carries different aspects of pain and trauma, so no one can feel it all.

The ability of anorexia to separate herself from hunger is part of the reason she is able to limit caloric intake. She would say that she is not hungry or does not "feel" hunger. This is not true, she does feel hungry.

The problem is that she is very good at ignoring hunger clues and is separated from her body, she may forget hunger. Reconnecting with your body is difficult and takes time. Although anorexia wants to be as difficult as hunger for her, the reality is that it is very difficult.

Some behavior you might see when trying to avoid hunger:

1] Absorption certificate, tic tacs and other mint products
2] Drink a lot of soda to make her feel fuller
3] Chewing gum chewing
4] Avoid places that tempted her to eat [with friends, parties, restaurants]

This is the information you need to know when you try to help your child recover. When you see them, you don't need to face these behaviors; just know that this may be what happened. She is hungry. She won't admit it.

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