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Eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia represent a major problem in all
the word. Thousands of teenage girls are dying, and it seems like nobody cares.
Where are family and friends of these girls suffering with these problems? When
we care about someone with an eating disorder, we have to help that person to
get rid of that problem. The purpose of this paper is to explain why family and
friends should help people with anorexia and bulimia. What family and friends
should do is to give them solutions to their problem, to show they care about
them, and the most important stop their death.
The first thing you as a friend or as a member of the family should do to
help people with anorexia or bulimia is to give them solutions to their illness.
Although there is no simple solution or cure, there are some combinations of
medical care, individual psychotherapy, group therapy, and self-help group
therapy helpful in their progress of recovery. A person with this illness seems
not to notice her problem or does not care about it. You should convince her or
give her your support to face it.
The second reason for helping people with eating disorders is to show you
care about them. Anorexia and bulimia cause serious depressions. Victims of
anorexia and bulimia feel lonely and that nobody cares about them. The person
with eating disorders needs people in her world to respond to her about things
other than her weight and eating. Although a friend of a victim of anorexia or
bulimia can feel frustrated, angry, scared, or even disgusted it is necessary to
show another face, to give her your support and understanding. But be careful
with the judgments and assessments you make because they can feel even worse
about themselves. Take into account that hurt and pain are often more bearable
in the company of another human being. A hug, a loving teasing, or a hand on the
shoulder are powerfully healing.
The third reason for helping people with eating disorders is to stop their
deaths. Friends and family members who are trying to help often end up focusing
their concern on if she is eating enough, weighing enough, purging, exercising
too much, etc. These are valid concerns; eating disorders can result in serious
health problems and even death. If we do not pay attention to this person, the
consequences would be deadly. All you have to do is show her all your love and
be with her in every free minute.
These are excellent reasons to help people with eating disorders like
anorexia and bulimia. The family and friends should give them solutions to their
problems, to show them all your love and to stop the fatal consequences. If we
abandon people with eating disorders, the effects are deadly. We are taking them
to their graves. We have to be there to help them to understand their serious
illness. Do not leave them, show your love, and make them see all the solutions.
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