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Recently I received an e-mail from Kelly whose daughter is a 39 year old anorexic. She asked me for advice on what to do in the situation she has now found herself in. I have already given Kelly my opinion but  she also asked me if I could talk to other people who may have a similar situation  for their opinion. 

Here is her story.
“My daughter Lisa recently told me that she has anorexia. She is 39 years old and said she has had anorexia since the age of 14, which has come as a shock to me.

Now she is very sickly looking and her weight is about 70 pounds. Her hair is falling out and she is losing her front teeth. She has broken her wrist bones twice in the last 18 months: just from simple falls in her own kitchen.

Lisa has never been married although she has had many relationships with men and recently she admitted to having a relationship with a woman who was 10 years older than her. All of her relationship have finished badly with lots of arguments, name calling, fights etc.

Lisa has admitted to taking drugs and alcohol for a long time and she probably still does it now as well: but probably not regularly anymore, just on weekend binges sometimes”.

Kelly told me that she never knew about her daughter’s anorexia until Lisa recently told her about it.  Kelly considers herself to be a good mother and she has another adult daughter, who is “normal” Kelly’s words.

Kelly is an art teacher and has been working all her life. She has been a single mom since her husband left her for another woman when her girls were toddlers. She said she was committed to supporting her family; earn money for her children’s education, food and paying for her house.

Kelly said that Lisa use to be a very good student at school until her mid teenager years when something happened to change all that. Once she came home after school in tears and very anxious. She refused to tell Kelly what was the reason for being upset. Kelly thinks it was some sort of bulling or even something more serious concerning Lisa’s friends, but as Lisa would not tell her she thought it would probably resolve itself.

Kelly believes that after this particular episode everything went wrong with Lisa: mood swings, withdrawal from family, bad marks at school and etc.

When Lisa finished high school she moved out of the house and has never returned back again to live. Kelly said she tried to find out what happened and why Lisa changed so much but she never received a clear answer, so she gave up asking.
Kelly has never known what her daughter really feels, thinks or believes in. Kelly said she felt she was powerless to do something about Lisa so she thought that the best way for her was not to get too involved in Lisa’s life.

But now Kelly is really concerned that her daughter Lisa may need help from her (from Kelly) and she wants to know what she can do now to help.

Lisa has seen doctors and psychiatrists for anorexia problem. She has been on many antidepressants. The treatments she had wasn’t really helpful for her.

Any replies to help Kelly are welcome. 

The names have been changed to protect their identity.

More Information: http://www.eatingdisorder-cure.com

Anorexia Recovery.

I have often been told by sufferers, family members and even other experts that anorexia can never be cured and you have it for life.

I want to refute this claim because it can be cured. People who normally make these statements do not understand or have even heard of the power of neuroplasticity on eating disorders.

Let me ask you this: if you cut your arm and have to have in stitched does the open cut last all your life? No in gets better, you may have a scar on your arm the rest of your life, but you don’t have the wound.

Anorexia like all eating disorders is a manifestation of out of whack brain chemicals and faulty neuronal pathways in your brain. These can be reversed using neuroplastic therapies. Sure you will always have a scar to show for all your years of physical abuse, but the disorder will not be in control.

Neuroplasticity gives you the means to change your brain by applying simple methods to stop the urges from controlling your actions. As long as you apply them the urges will fade away until you have changed the way your brain functions and the anorexia will disappear.

We have put together this video that goes from suffering to health and this can easily be you.

 You lived in a deception
Your mind created once

But now is the time to stop it
For good, not just for a month

 You will become a person
Who lives in a richer world

Who eats to Live to Love and Hope
To thrive, progress and grow!

By Dr Irina Webster.

If you have any inspiring poetry or story about fighting Anorexia please send it to us and we will post it on the blog for you.