What is an Eating Disorder?

Everybody’s journey is different when it comes to eating disorders. No two people are the same. But the one thing that is the same, is that it controls your life- no matter which eating disorder you are suffering from. It makes you withdraw from your friends and family. It makes you feel tired and irritable. It means you can’t live your life in the way that you used to. Anorexia is when you don’t eat enough to sustain your body and you lose a lot of weight. This means you have no energy and even getting up each day is an effort. You’re cold and so hungry that all you think about is food. It means you’re susceptible to all sorts of other illnesses too, like colds, tummy bugs and flu. Your body just isn’t strong enough to cope with them. Perhaps you’re a bit obsessive with exercise too, which means you can damage your body because you’re just not eating enough for that kind of lifestyle. There is hope though, there are people out there who can help you. Even if you think they can’t. They’ll talk through your problem with you, they’ll help you come up with ways to change your thought process and they’ll also give you help to get back on track. It’s also important that you don’t deal with this alone. Anorexia is a really lonely illness and by getting help you’re sharing that problem and it makes a real difference.