Bulimia is a complex illness,not a shameful weakness – young patients need specialist treatmentFor the entire decade of my 20s, and spilling a little either side into my teens and my 30s, and my coping mechanism for life was my eating disorder: bulimia. It was what I used as a teenager at school,at university, as a TV producer at the BBC, or on any ordinary day,to deal with the demands that life placed upon me. No different to the demands placed on anyone else, but this was how I coped. It was my secret addiction, and this habit that grew over time into a powerful psychological illness,which underlay the fabric of every one of my days. Related: The Spaces in Between by Caroline Jones review – the secret distress of an eating disorder Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com