Diary of Illness: How to Recover a Normal Attitude Towards Food

People with anorexia constantly try to keep their weight as low as they can by not eating enough food.

In a typical case of anorexia, the symptoms usually start in the mid-teens when the drive to become thinner may be due to concerns about control and fears relating to a person's body. The desire to stay thin progress as an endless cycle of restrictive eating, often pushing the sufferer close to starvation.

The story in this book will uncover a memoir of a male...
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People with anorexia constantly try to keep their weight as low as they can by not eating enough food.

In a typical case of anorexia, the symptoms usually start in the mid-teens when the drive to become thinner may be due to concerns about control and fears relating to a person's body. The desire to stay thin progress as an endless cycle of restrictive eating, often pushing the sufferer close to starvation.

The story in this book will uncover a memoir of a male anorexic. When he was a teenager, living in South Africa under the apartheid regime, he became anorexic. He became extremely thin and ill before a breakdown brought him close to disaster. Without medical intervention, he worked out what had gone wrong internally and by a careful, growing understanding of the reality of an eating disorder was able to recover his health and a normal attitude towards food.

Now he brings to life his experience of those traumatic days. This memoir is a special resource for understanding and treating anorexia. As well as being fascinating by the life of a male anorexic.