Anorexia Treatment and Recovery

Traditional anorexia treatment centers focus on the symptoms of the eating disorder rather than dealing with the root cause of disordered eating. Typically, these rehab facilities simply do not go deep enough to properly treat anorexia. This leads to anorexia recovery stories that are frequently paired with relapses or transferring to another eating disorder and starting the cycle all over again.

The true path to anorexia recovery is one that addresses the underlying cause of the eating disorder, examining the low self-worth, feelings of self-hatred, and body dysmorphia that are the cultprit. Eating disorders are not really about food, and anorexia treatment has to identify and heal the emotional pain and fears that drive the disorder.

Signs of Anorexia: Asking For Help is The First Step

The first step to breaking away from a cycle of disordered eating is to ask for help, but people with anorexia may not even know that they are suffering from an eating disorder. These are a few of the telltale signs of anorexia nervosa:

It is only after recognizing that you have a problem that you can truly get the anorexia help you need.

Treatment For Anorexia That Goes Deeper

By using The Nelson Method, we are able to help you find the causes of your eating disorder, examine the damage anorexia is causing in your life, and determine a plan for dealing with the low feelings of self-worth, poor body image, and body dysmorphia that drive the anorexia.

Because anorexics are obsessed with their body image, the very idea of “recovering” from anorexia seems threatening—as it means gaining weight, the nemesis of the anorexia. Many anorexics, if they stop restricting, will lose control of their eating and begin to binge eat. An anorexic who loses control of her food consumption and begins to being eat will resort to purging in order to ameliorate the effects of her binges. This is how someone with anorexia can become bulimic.

By addressing the “soul-sickness” at the heart of the eating disorder, by looking more deeply than simply the symptoms of starvation, bingeing, and purging, The Nelson Method helps with anorexia recovery by attacking the anxiety, self-hatred, and feelings of worthlessness that are all too often the true causes of anorexia.

How to Start Anorexia Recovery

If you believe that you or someone you know could be suffering from anorexia, we want to help. Take the first step on the road to anorexia recovery by contacting Roy Nelson Healing.