I battled a type anorexia as a teen (VERY few calories coupled with intense exercising) following painful incident I never talked about, coupled with intense pressure to be perfect all the time. I also had bad IBS spells at the time. The pain in my tummy made it quite easy to ignore my appetite - heck, there wasn't one to ignore much of the time.
Fast forward 15 years and what do you know but the old demon tried to rear its ugly head in my life again. It took very loving commited family to help me see it for what it was. This time I got great counsel and worked through a lot of issues in my life, but what REALLY kicked it off and made it so "easy" for me to go down that path again was chronic pain ... from IBS issues and also female issues that I am still getting resolved.
So what I'm saying is that hurting all the time, not having much of an appetite, and always having to worry about whether what you eat will upset your stomach IN MY THEORY can lead a person who is already emotionally unstable easily down the path of anorexia. Almost like the hate of self plus the fear of food equals a dangerous combination.
Make sense??? Not exactly scientific. This is a very private issue and hard for some of us here to talk about but my understanding is that many of us have fought this battle in one form or another. The question is what came first, the chicken or the egg...I'd say it's a little of both, then a vicious cycle has begun because one is only making the other worse and harder to overcome.
-------------------- Take care,
Michelle
...the greatest of these is LOVE. (I Cor 13)
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I have a sort of reverse theory
This is a very private issue and hard for some of us here to talk about but my understanding is that many of us have fought this battle in one form or another. The question is what came first, the chicken or the egg...I'd say it's a little of both, then a vicious cycle has begun because one is only making the other worse and harder to overcome.
