No one wants to admit they need help especially with food. People will try everything on their own repeatedly just so they don’t have to admit they have a problem. Eating disorders have so much shame attached to them. Men can be overweight and remain socially acceptable by outward appearances. Men are unhappy with how they look and feel however, men do not receive the looks that women get when there lives are obviously out of order.

The problem with eating disorders is he or she can’t hide them. If he or she is anorexic people notice that the bones are protruding. If he or she is bulimic people tend to notice the high volume of food missing and off to the restroom. Then the compulsive overeater or binge eater wears the weight so others can see. Eating disorders require more than one hour a week visit to a therapist. The eating disorder requires inpatient treatment. Then when completed it would be appropriate to follow-up with a therapist weekly for continued support.

So many individuals do not realize they have insurance benefits that will cover them to go to an eating disorder inpatient treatment program. Mothers feel like how can I leave my husband and children to go away and get help? Better questions why not? The best gift he or she can give the husband, family, friends, partners and children is YOU! So often with eating disorders the shame and guilt that is attached with the disorder makes the individual detach from everyone they love around them. The person might be there physically but emotionally, physically and spiritually they left a long time ago.

Getting help is a sign of strength not weakness. Recognizing that he or she can not do this alone and reaches out for help is admirable. As a parent I am responsible to take care of myself as well as my family and when I am preoccupied with the eating disorder I am not there for anyone else including myself. The most loving thing a person can do struggling with an eating disorder is to get help, now not next week which turns into next month next year and so on. Call today and start a new life!