Today, eating disorders are recognized and treated effectively. However, these problems, linked to food and body image, can be transmitted between parents and children.
THE eating disorders are usually visible during adolescence. This problem can manifest itself in different ways such as bulimia, anorexia or even poor body image. L’self-destruction is the main attitude of these evils. However, this way of nourishing yourself coming from the psyche is not definitive. It is possible to be supported to have a much more serene relationship with food.
But a concern affects a certain number of people who have experienced this illness, that of passing on these eating disorders to their children. Is it possible ? Are there solutions to prevent our children from also suffering from this? complex relationship with food ? Several nutritionists and psychologists answer them.
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Eating disorders can run in the family
In the magazine parents.coma mother who suffered from eating disorders explains that she is afraid of transmit this evil to his daughter. She herself is aware that she has been influenced by the judgement that his own mother brought to his body. Psychotherapist Amy Morin answers: “There appears to be a strong genetic component, and some people’s brain chemistry appears to put them at greater risk”.
This mother’s testimony also shows that parenthood can re-trigger eating disorders that had gone dormant. A situation that turns out to be toxic and harmful to the growing child. Feed your child correctly becomes a real mission. The mother explains: “I was concerned that forcing my child to eat would also make him want that same sense of control”.
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A fight against eating disorders to accept for your daughter
As her daughter grows, this loving mother understands that she must accept that these eating disorders be present throughout his life. However, she realized that she is a powerful woman: “Knowing who I am is my greatest strength; it becomes my ground when I lose my footing”. Accepting yourself with your qualities and faults is your balance.
Consequently, his daily life is a everyday fight, for her and for her daughter. She insists by saying: “I want her to know that loving who we are does not mean rejecting change or growth”. In other words, his eating disorder transformed into a maternal and caring forcewith the aim of teaching her daughter that: “living a healthy lifestyle is less about how we eat or how we look, and more about who we are, independent of everything around us, especially the overwhelming exposure to curated content”.
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