RE: Rant about weight, fat acceptance, obesity and health
October 23, 2015 at 1:58 pm
(This post was last modified: October 23, 2015 at 1:59 pm by Strider.)
(October 23, 2015 at 1:44 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: A friend of mine has a teenage son with a terrible problem with anorexia. He has convinced himself all food is either contaminated, causes allergies, causes cancer, is 'bad' for him, or whatever. He has a specific concern with everything presented to him. He won't take vitamins (they're artificial), even distilled water can't be pure enough for him, he truly believes he is poisoning himself.
His parents were unaware of his conditions severity till the school intervened. At that point the kid looked like a concentration camp victim. He's been institutionalized and unfortunately, his mom has told me the prognosis is very poor. The kid is beyond reasoning with, and apparently has done so much damage to himself even if he lives he will be an invalid.
That's sad. Extremes on either end of the spectrum are undesirable and ultimately end up doing great harm. I also fell into this trap of thinking I should never eat certain foods because they were "bad" for me and such. That was about five years ago. Luckily, it didn't end up as a full-blown problem, but I was borderline. The key is moderation. You can eat bad foods every now and then, but it doesn't need to become a habit. It's all about maintaining balance.
Hopefully, your friend's son will recover. Though the prognosis is poor, stranger things have happened.
"We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid." ~ Benjamin Franklin
