All Emotions are Welcomed

At times, people judge themselves for who they are. They judge themselves for having emotions which are negative and self-destructive, but it never happens that people are pushing aside their negative emotions and bringing in more and more positive ones. People don’t want to talk about their pains, feelings, failure and disappointments in order to not get alone or ashamed. The blog explores how people who go through eating disorders are usually the ones who want to run away from their circumstances and sit in a bottomless pit caressing their feelings. Humans have emotions and it is not necessary that these emotions would be pleasant always. In fact, emotions are not good or bad. But they can get bad if they are not expressed in time. Usually people end up isolating themselves and this is the most maladaptive coping technique. People need to come out and accept and express all emotions.

Adolescents and Eating Disorders: The Risks of Postponing Treatment

Postponing the treatment does more harm than good. People suffering from eating disorders such as Bulimia, anorexia or even binge-eating disorder need to get themselves treated. These are emotional and mental illnesses which people try to overcome by eating a lot of food. Food that sends them in a euphoria and having too much or too less of it can lead to eating disorder. It requires to be treated as early as possible. People usually postpone these treatments due to many reasons such as lack of resources, the uncertainty of where to ask for help, afraid of a child leaving the house for treatment and so on. Eventually this delay in treatment leads to PTSD, OCD and substance abuse and addiction. It is important that the gap between the patients and their disorders need to be plugged and this can only be done once they are put in facilities which treat their disorders.