Teenage Eating Disorders
Teenage eating disorders are common place as the teenager is going through lots of changes. Changes are happening not only in their body but in the environment around them and amongst their peer group also.
A teenager may develop an eating disorder after a growth spurt, perhaps feeling uncomfortable in the changing shape of their body.
Other people may comment and the teenager responds by changing how they eat.
Teenage Eating Disorders Other Causes
There are many causes for a teenage eating disorder. It may well be a diet that didn’t stop and just carried on.
What I mean is it the diet didn’t have an exit strategy,or and end ideal weight to get to.
Perhaps the teenager was a little chubby ( although this isn’t always the case) and decided to diet and people commented on how good they were looking as they lost weight.
The teenager doesn’t have an eating disorder at this point and is just enjoying the attention this gets them.
The teenager carries on restricting foods and people carry on commenting but this time with concern ‘your getting too thin” but by this time the teenage eating disorder is taking hold.
Teenage eating disorders mean that they don’t hear the concerns voiced as losing more weight is the goal in their sights.
Teenage Eating Disorders ; Anorexia Nervosa
Teenagers can develop anorexia nervosa as at this stage they believe thin is never thin enough, so they carry on losing weight and retreating into their own world.
The eating disorder takes control and the original helpful voice which guided them to cut out chips, crisps, chocolate has become mean and very strict.
The voice of ‘Ana’ as its sometimes called is very controlling for anyone with this eating disorder, (not just the teenager) and comes up with all sorts of weird OCD style rules.
Rules like ‘you’ve had blackcurrant cordial instead of orange cordial, you must do 100 press ups to punish yourself’and evermore unreasonable demands.
The teenage with this eating disorder feels lost, yet somewhat ‘safe’ inside their anorexic world, where they retreat even more, not socialising with friends preferring to be in there own room.
Teenage Eating Disorder Anorexia Help
Help for the teenage eating disorders should firstly be with the medical profession to see if there are any treatable causes.
Sometimes if the anorexic teenager is losing too much weight then they need to be hospitalised for their own good and be fed under supervision until their weight increases to be out of the danger zone.
I have helped many anorexics recover but it’s not normally straight forward. It usually is easier if they have developed bulimia as at least they have some nourishment in their body.
With bulimia nervosa they also have been able to override the voice of ana. I have several videos you can watch to help understand more how to help your teenager who you know or suspect has an eating disorder, some are on the link below;
http://debbiewilliamsassociates.co.uk/watch_our_videos.htm
I use many of my hypnosis recordings to supplement the help I give including ‘Stop Anorexia http://debbiewilliamsassociates.co.uk/stop_anorexia.htm
More Self Esteemhttp://debbiewilliamsassociates.co.uk/more_self_esteem.htm
Stop OCD http://debbiewilliamsassociates.co.uk/stop_ocd.htm
Heal The Heavy Heart http://debbiewilliamsassociates.co.uk/depression.htm
Heal the inner Child http://debbiewilliamsassociates.co.uk/heal_the_inner_child.htm
Amongst other recordings; To help overcome Anorexia nervosa as a teenage eating disorder sometimes takes up to 12 months of support, although I have helped many teenage eating disorders sufferers return to normal eating within 3 months.
