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If you suffer from an eating disorder or know someone struggling with an eating disorder, you may find support and help here. Please feel free to participate in discussions. Your thoughts and questions are most welcome.

Mon

16

Aug

2010

How to Help Your Friend or Sister Who Has an Eating Disorder E-mail
Friends and Family
Written by Joanna Poppink   

This heartbreaking question comes in often: "How can I help someone I love, my sister, my friend, recover from an eating disorder?  

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Wed

11

Aug

2010

Understand your bulimia symptoms when others don't PDF Print E-mail
Psychotherapy and Recovery Work
Written by Joanna Poppink   
A young woman wrote saying she was binging and purging every day and didn't know why.  When I suggested she get professional help she said she saw a psychotherapist twice.  This man kept telling her to eat “good” food so she won't want to purge. He added that the solution to her problem was “that easy.” He told her she was stupid to purge everything she ate.

Now she's not only terrified about her inability to stop bingeing and purging.  She also feels stupid, incompetent, lost and confused.  Since she is financially dependent on her parents, she is afraid and ashamed to tell them about her eating disorder. If you can identify with her this post is for you.
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Wed

28

Jul

2010

Thank you, Chenese Lewis and BEDA E-mail
Cultural and Media
Written by Joanna Poppink   


Congratulations and thank you to Chevese Lewis for helping to bring natural and healthy body acceptance back into the perceptions of women. 

A woman's body is a miracle of creation, adapting and changing over the years to allow her woman to live fully in Please login or register to see the full article

 

Sat

07

Aug

2010

Wishful False Beliefs in Bulimia PDF Print E-mail
Symptoms
Written by Joanna Poppink   

Today I received yet another sad request for help I cannot provide. If you are suffering from an eating disorder and want help in finding or deepening your recovery, I can support your efforts and often help you find a way to get on or proceed on your recovery path.

But if you are suffering from an eating disorder and request  instant relief from a "tip" or simple pain relieving suggestion you are asking for something I (and no one) can give you. Why not? Because

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Mon

26

Jul

2010

Oprah Winfrey’s network to tackle eating disorders E-mail
Cultural and Media
Written by Joanna Poppink   

I'm concerned about making patients suffering from eating disorders a source of entertainment. It must be possible to offer "the possibility to see food-based issues in a new light" without exposing vulnerable people to a massive television audience.

In psychotherapy the patient knows she can say just about anything, and Please login or register to see the full article

 
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