Starving, binging, vomiting and using laxatives to lose weight are no longer issues that just teenage girls contend with. Nope. Now, adult women are doing them. Surprised? Shouldn’t we Moms who have endured child bearing, gained and lost those 40 pounds per pregnancy have a better grip on life?
Starving, binging, vomiting and using laxatives to lose weight are no longer issues that just teenage girls contend with. Nope. Now, adult women are doing them. Surprised? Shouldn’t we Moms who have endured child bearing, gained and lost those 40 pounds per pregnancy have a better grip on life?
One would think so. But I’ve smelled trouble for about 6-7 years now and Dr. Nancy Snyderman confirmed last week on The Today Show that, indeed, middle aged mothers are struggling with this monster too. I don’t know about you, but this makes me very angry.
I’m not mad at the women because I know a thing or two about anorexia and bulimia nervosa. I’ve been taking care of kids with them for some 25 years. What really gets under my skin is that grown, mature mothers are under assault. And from where I sit, when mothers go down, so does the entire family.
Eating disorders are like the perfect storm. They happen because many things in one’s life come together at the same time. Perfectionism, obsessive-compulsive character qualities, stress, a need to please others, anxiety and really, nice, bright women along with a few other things. Mix these all together and you have it- the perfect recipe for a 100 pound frame. And is someone or something to blame for eating disorders?