http://positivetranceformations.com.au/eating-disorders/ The main trick to recovering from an eating disorder is to begin to re teach the sufferer how to feel good, reconnect them to who they are as a person and the values and things they hold dear.
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Remember eating disorders are
not about food. They are disorders
of feelings, thoughts, relationships,
values, identity, coping and control.
If you empower all of the above or
change their feelings to new ones
like…
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>Recognising with a sense of
gratitude the current good in their
life.
>Reconnecting to goals and a sense
of purpose and direction
>Regaining a strong sense of
identity and values.
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>Developing positive feelings and
thoughts.
>Creating good coping and control
strategies. …
you can literally overcome any
eating disorder.
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The main trick to recovering from an
eating disorder is to begin to re-
teach the sufferer how to feel
good, reconnect them to who they
are as a person and the values and
things they hold dear.
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This can help an ED sufferer start to
see they are not useless and
powerless, and that on the contrary,
all that has happened, is that a part
of them that was originally conceived
as a form of coping mechanism has
started to assume to much influence
and control in their decision making.
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Once this has occurred it does tend
to create a vicious cycle,however
the dissociative processes
inherent in Hypnotherapy and
NLP, help the sufferer step out of
themselves and gain greater
perspective. From this far more
resourceful vantage point
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The ED sufferer can begin to realize
that they are not facing things alone,
and, in fact that they have the
support, resources and tools to
overcome their present difficulties,
which goes a long way to facilitating
the recovery process.
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This approach has thus far proven to
enjoy a high rate of success at
demonstrably turning things around.
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All eating disorder
sufferers need
direction but it has
to be done in a
very even handed
and subtle way.
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Yelling and screaming at them will
not work. Telling an anorexic “why
don’t you just eat” or the bulimic
that binging and purging is futile
would be like asking you to stop
breathing air, it’s not going to
happen.
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This is because eating disorders
become an obsession.
