In Sickness and Health: How Eating Disorders Impact Relationships

Eating disorders can also affect the patients’ relationships according to this post. An eating disorder leads to complicated mental health issues which can eventually wreak havoc to the relationships as well. It can get really challenging in case you or your partner or both of you are suffering from this disorder. Women tend to get isolated from their partners and also may seem overly concerned about her appearance and weight and body. In this scenario these women have an eating disorder where they do not eat anything or very lesser than what is actually required. Men suffering from this disorder may over-eating order to avoid the stress. It is better, that you and your partner must seek therapy and get over this eating disorder. Once you recover, your relationships automatically get healed.

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.