Eating Disorders Affect the Entire Family
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Eating Disorders Affect the Entire Family
For someone struggling with an eating disorder, their world is focused primarily on them and their personal battle with food. However, it is important to recognize the anxiety and worry connected to the family members of the one struggling.
Eating disorders have an impact on the entire family. For instance, when a sibling sees their brother or sister harming their body by not eating, they can become nervous and/or angry. When those emotions come to the surface, it does not help the sibling or the individual with the eating disorder overcome the obstacles.
When a family member is anorexic or bulimic, the entire family dynamic changes. (Family Members of the Eating Disordered Patient) Meals become more difficult to plan and you can't typically go out to dinner at the spur of the moment. Usual routines may change, which can sometimes cause other emotions to rise. It is important to recognize if a sibling is feeling anxious or frustrated with the situation. Usually it is because they do not fully understand the mental illness and should become more knowledgeable about the disorder.
By coming together as a family to discuss the situation, with or without the family member struggling with the eating disorder, you can decide on ways to attack the situation in a positive way. You can work as a team to help one another and find ways to steer clear of depression or anxiety. It is not an easy journey for any family member when someone they love has an eating disorder, but by becoming a united front – progress is possible.
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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.
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- Can You Outgrow Therapy for Bipolar Disorder? (Breaking Bipolar Blog)
- Mental Health Recovery Requires Stopping Controlling Beliefs/Behaviors (Recovering From Mental Illness Blog)
- How To Help Someone Who Doesn’t Want To Be Helped (Trauma! A PTSD Blog)
- Get Honest With Yourself and Gain Self-Esteem (Building Self-Esteem Blog)
- The Stigmatization of Mental Health Medication (Surviving Mental Health Stigma Blog)
- Young People in Alcoholics Anonymous: It’s Not Us vs. Them (Mental Health for the Digital Generation Blog)
- Combat PTSD and Substance Use Treatment Process Recommendations (Understanding Combat PTSD)
- Abusive Relationships: Devil You Know vs. The Devil You Don’t (Verbal Abuse and Relationships Blog)
- Traveling Can Clear Your Mind of Unsafe Thoughts (Speaking Out About Self-Injury Blog)
- HIPAA Law: Psychiatric Disclosure Fact and Myth (Mental Illness in the Family Blog)
- 5 Important Reasons To Get Help For Your Fears and Anxieties (Your Mental Health Blog)
- Diagnosing a Child with Mental Illness (Life with Bob Blog)
- What a T-Shirt Taught Me About Group Therapy (More Than Borderline Blog)
- Tailoring Therapy for Your Needs in Eating Disorder Recovery and Eating Disorders and Diverse Populations (Surviving ED Blog)
- Adult ADHD, Work and the ADA (Living with Adult ADHD Blog)
- Jump Start the Journey to Mastering Your Life (Living A Blissful Life Blog)
- Hearing the Voices of Schizophrenia (Creative Schizophrenia Blog)
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Join the Stand Up for Mental Health campaign. Put a button on your website or blog (buttons for family members, parents, mental health professionals and organizations too). We also have covers for Facebook, Twitter and Google+.
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APA Reference
Staff, H.
(2014, September 9). Eating Disorders Affect the Entire Family, HealthyPlace. Retrieved
on 2024, November 2 from https://www.healthyplace.com/other-info/mental-health-newsletter/eating-disorders-affect-the-entire-family
