Author: Linda Rio
Publisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 9781579547295
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"Last night I asked my mom some questions about bulimia and anorexia. I thought for sure she would know what I was doing to myself. How could a mother not know the terrible things her daughter was doing?" "Tara seems fine these last few days. The questions she asked me the other night scared me. But now I think she's just curious. Maybe one of her friends is having a problem with something." Mother and daughter, living in the same house, yet at times it seems as though they are on different planets. Tara, growing obsessive about the way she looks, feels her mom no longer understands her. Linda, while concerned about the changes her teenage daughter is going through, is focused on making a career for herself as a family therapist. Neither knows how to reverse the terrible path that Tara is heading down. Tara's and Linda's side-by-side diaries of this difficult time, only shared with each other years later, show both sides of their maddening ordeal and inspiring victory to keep their family together. In addition to sharing their actual diaries, Tara and Linda look back on the drama of those years to offer the wisdom and perspective that can only come with hindsight. Craig Johnson, Ph.D., an international leader in the research and treatment of eating disorders, offers useful advice and fascinating commentary on the Rios' story to inform today's families who may be going through similar situations.
The Anorexia Diaries
The Anorexia Diaries
Author: Linda M. Rio
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781422354711
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781422354711
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Running on Empty
Author: Carrie Arnold
Publisher: Nelson Publishing&Marketing
ISBN: 9780978507541
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
An autobiographical account of a young woman's struggle with anorexia and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Publisher: Nelson Publishing&Marketing
ISBN: 9780978507541
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
An autobiographical account of a young woman's struggle with anorexia and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Diaries of an Anorexic
Author: Athina Crilley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Diaries of an Anorexic is a powerful and intimate recovery story detailing the author's seven-year rollercoaster battle with Anorexia Nervosa, a devastating eating disorder. In this heart-wrenching memoir she shares private diary entries from her darkest times and shows how Anorexia took hold of her during her teenage years and kept her tightly in its clutches until early adulthood. While she does not shy away from the harsh reality of eating disorders, the daily routines and protocols of being hospitalised, and almost succumbing to being sectioned under the mental health act, she also hopes this book will aid the recovery of others. Everybody's struggle is unique and personal, but there are often similarities between individuals diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa. Athina encourages any sufferers to work towards recovery, and to realise that recovery is possible through making small, consistent changes and building a strong support network. Read this emotional story about Athina's recovery from an eating disorder, an illness from which she never thought she would never be free. Remember that blue skies are coming... the dark clouds will soon disappear, leaving a clear, blue sky.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Diaries of an Anorexic is a powerful and intimate recovery story detailing the author's seven-year rollercoaster battle with Anorexia Nervosa, a devastating eating disorder. In this heart-wrenching memoir she shares private diary entries from her darkest times and shows how Anorexia took hold of her during her teenage years and kept her tightly in its clutches until early adulthood. While she does not shy away from the harsh reality of eating disorders, the daily routines and protocols of being hospitalised, and almost succumbing to being sectioned under the mental health act, she also hopes this book will aid the recovery of others. Everybody's struggle is unique and personal, but there are often similarities between individuals diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa. Athina encourages any sufferers to work towards recovery, and to realise that recovery is possible through making small, consistent changes and building a strong support network. Read this emotional story about Athina's recovery from an eating disorder, an illness from which she never thought she would never be free. Remember that blue skies are coming... the dark clouds will soon disappear, leaving a clear, blue sky.
Mealtimes and Milestones
Author: Constance Barter
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1849014329
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
An astonishingly moving and mature account of a young woman's struggle with anorexia nervosa, a serious mental illness affecting 1.1 million people in the UK. At fourteen years of age, Constance Barter was admitted as an in-patient to a specialist eating disorders unit where she remained for seven months. During that time, she kept a diary which sheds light on what it means to have anorexia, how it affects your life, and how it is not just a faddy diet or attention seeking disorder. Constance is an example to anyone suffering from this potentially life-threatening illness that with perseverance and support it can be beaten and sufferers can go on and lead a fulfilling, everyday life. This inspirational diary will help and inspire other sufferers to seek help and overcome their illness as well as providing an invaluable insight into the nature of the illness to families and friends.
Publisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1849014329
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
An astonishingly moving and mature account of a young woman's struggle with anorexia nervosa, a serious mental illness affecting 1.1 million people in the UK. At fourteen years of age, Constance Barter was admitted as an in-patient to a specialist eating disorders unit where she remained for seven months. During that time, she kept a diary which sheds light on what it means to have anorexia, how it affects your life, and how it is not just a faddy diet or attention seeking disorder. Constance is an example to anyone suffering from this potentially life-threatening illness that with perseverance and support it can be beaten and sufferers can go on and lead a fulfilling, everyday life. This inspirational diary will help and inspire other sufferers to seek help and overcome their illness as well as providing an invaluable insight into the nature of the illness to families and friends.
Diary of an Anorexic Girl
Author: Morgan Menzie
Publisher: Tommy Nelson
ISBN: 1418514926
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Morgan Menzie takes readers through a harrowing but ultimately hopeful and inspiring account of her eating disorder. Her amazing story is told through the journals she kept during her daily struggle with this addiction and disease. Her triumphs and tragedies all unfold together in this beautiful story of God's grace. Features include: daily eating schedule, journal entries, prayers to God, poems, and what she wished she knew at the time. It's the true story of victory over a disease that is killing America's youth.
Publisher: Tommy Nelson
ISBN: 1418514926
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Morgan Menzie takes readers through a harrowing but ultimately hopeful and inspiring account of her eating disorder. Her amazing story is told through the journals she kept during her daily struggle with this addiction and disease. Her triumphs and tragedies all unfold together in this beautiful story of God's grace. Features include: daily eating schedule, journal entries, prayers to God, poems, and what she wished she knew at the time. It's the true story of victory over a disease that is killing America's youth.
Raw: The diary of an anorexic (HarperTrue Life – A Short Read)
Author: Lydia Davies
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008118167
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Lydia was 19 years old and enjoying university with a loving family and great friends when she became anorexic. The doctors told her that she would die.
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008118167
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
Lydia was 19 years old and enjoying university with a loving family and great friends when she became anorexic. The doctors told her that she would die.
Using Writing as a Therapy for Eating Disorders
Author: June Alexander
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317649354
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Using Writing as a Therapy for Eating Disorders: The diary healer uses a unique combination of evidence-based research and raw diary excerpts to explain the pitfalls and benefits of diary writing during recovery from an eating disorder. In a time when diary writing remains a largely untapped resource in the health care professions, June Alexander sets out to correct this imbalance, explaining how the diary can inspire, heal and liberate, provide a learning tool for others and help us to understand and cope with life challenges. The book focuses on the power of diary writing, which may serve as a survival tool but become an unintended foe. With guidance, patients who struggle with face-to-face therapy are able to reveal their thoughts through writing and construct a strong sense of self. The effects of family background and the environment are explored, and the therapeutic value of sharing diaries, to better understand illness symptoms and behaviours, is discussed. Using Writing as a Therapy for Eating Disorders will be of interest to those who have recovered or are recovering from eating disorders or any mental illness, as well as therapists, clinicians and others working in the medical and healthcare professions.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317649354
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Using Writing as a Therapy for Eating Disorders: The diary healer uses a unique combination of evidence-based research and raw diary excerpts to explain the pitfalls and benefits of diary writing during recovery from an eating disorder. In a time when diary writing remains a largely untapped resource in the health care professions, June Alexander sets out to correct this imbalance, explaining how the diary can inspire, heal and liberate, provide a learning tool for others and help us to understand and cope with life challenges. The book focuses on the power of diary writing, which may serve as a survival tool but become an unintended foe. With guidance, patients who struggle with face-to-face therapy are able to reveal their thoughts through writing and construct a strong sense of self. The effects of family background and the environment are explored, and the therapeutic value of sharing diaries, to better understand illness symptoms and behaviours, is discussed. Using Writing as a Therapy for Eating Disorders will be of interest to those who have recovered or are recovering from eating disorders or any mental illness, as well as therapists, clinicians and others working in the medical and healthcare professions.
Kim: Empty Inside
Author: Beatrice Sparks
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062012746
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
I am so scared. I feel like I'm silently screaming for help and no one pays any attention of tries to hear me. I can't control anything anymore. It's all out to get me! When Kim can't handle things, she eats. Then she purges. Sometimes she fasts. She knows she isn't as thin as the other girls on her gymnastics team, and she's worried that now, away from home for the first time as a college freshman, she won't be able to live up to expectations -- especially her own. Eating is the one thing she can control -- or can she?
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062012746
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
I am so scared. I feel like I'm silently screaming for help and no one pays any attention of tries to hear me. I can't control anything anymore. It's all out to get me! When Kim can't handle things, she eats. Then she purges. Sometimes she fasts. She knows she isn't as thin as the other girls on her gymnastics team, and she's worried that now, away from home for the first time as a college freshman, she won't be able to live up to expectations -- especially her own. Eating is the one thing she can control -- or can she?
Diary of an Eating Disorder
Author: Chelsea Smith
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 087833971X
Category : Eating disorders in adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Chelsea Smith's journal entries help to chronicle her struggle to overcome anorexia and bulimia and give insights into what factors lead to her eating disorder, while her mother's entries tell how her family was struggling to come to terms with Chelsea's illness.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 087833971X
Category : Eating disorders in adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Chelsea Smith's journal entries help to chronicle her struggle to overcome anorexia and bulimia and give insights into what factors lead to her eating disorder, while her mother's entries tell how her family was struggling to come to terms with Chelsea's illness.