Showing posts with label eating disorder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eating disorder. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 May 2013

“It felt like we were being punished as she thought we were bad parents" - Living with an anorexic.
by Siobhan Gavin

In the UK, 1 in 100 women aged between 15 and 30, suffer from anorexia. Behind the Beauty spoke to one mother on how she has dealt with her daughter battling with an eating disorder.

Jackie (not her real name) from Leeds had to learn to cope with her 24 year old daughter suffering from anorexia. She explained to us how it affected her relationship with her daughter, her marriage and how she felt as a mother. After suffering for over 9 months Jackie’s daughter ‘Natasha’ confessed her illness.