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The Bulimia Recovery Process
People with bulimia often feel like they are
keeping a secret. No one knows how terrified they are about
how they look and how fat they feel. No one knows they are
so afraid of gaining weight that after eating they will quietly
go the bathroom and throw up their food. No one knows how
hungry get and how they sneak out at night to binge eat, only
to purge soon afterwards.
Without treatment, about 10 percent of people
with bulimia will die from dehydration. Malnourishment and
constant vomiting wrecks havoc on the body and can cause serious,
lasting complications.
Many people with bulimia will not admit that
they have an eating disorder, but this understanding is crucial
to their bulimia recovery. People with bulimia are not alone.
Up to four percent of the population may be suffering from
bulimia. That’s four in one hundred people. That’s another
person at school or work who is bulimic too. Most cases of
bulimia start when people are in their late teens, and, though
every case is different, bulimics share many symptoms.
Support groups have become a crucial step in
bulimia recovery. Local support groups can be found online,
in the phonebook, or through a mental health professional,
such as a school counselor or psychiatrist.
Support groups online provide the comfort of
anonymity. Many women and men post their feelings and fears.
Others with bulimia, or those who have recovered from it,
post encouragement, sympathy, and advice on how to recover
from bulimia.
People with bulimia should also consider looking
in a library or bookstore to find stories of other people’s
recovery from bulimia. Knowing that other people recovered
from bulimia may give hope to someone attempting his or her
own recovery.
Finally, any bulimia recovery requires the help
of a psychiatrist who can recognize why a person is bulimic
and how they can break their binge-and-purge cycle. Bulimia
recovery is possible, with work and support.
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Thomas Morva
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