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When refusing to eat takes over your life

Anorexia often develops gradually—it usually starts with a diet. Over time, those affected become obsessed with reducing their food intake and their body weight. Despite often already being dangerously underweight, those affected perceive themselves as too fat and want to lose more weight.

The illness behaves similarly to an addiction – those affected are driven by a constant urge to approach their compulsive ideals. Their perception of their own body is distorted. Family and friends find this difficult to understand, which often leads to a lack of sympathy for those affected, even though it is one of the most dangerous mental illnesses, especially in young adults.

A common difficulty in treatment is that anorexics do not want to admit that they have a pathological relationship with food and resist therapy. Withdrawal and social isolation are common consequences of anorexia. In addition, the illness is usually accompanied by a profound mental disorder.

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Symptoms of anorexia

The symptoms of anorexia are varied and also depend on the severity of the condition.

  • Thoughts constantly revolve around food and weight.
    Depression and irritability.
  • Those affected become increasingly withdrawn and want to avoid situations such as eating with others.
  • Compulsive relationship with exercise.
  • As the body is not supplied with sufficient nutrients, those affected experience deficiency symptoms.
  • Constant feeling of cold and persistent fatigue, cardiovascular and concentration disorders.
  • Anorexics often suffer from hair loss and skin changes due to a lack of nutrients
  • Hormonal changes such as absence of menstruation
  • Lack of insight into their own condition
  • Anorexics often also suffer from mental illnesses such as depression, trauma, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorders
  • People with anorexia have a 5 times higher risk of dying than their peers

Causes of anorexia

Anorexia usually first appears in adolescence between the ages of 15 and 25. Girls and young women are more commonly affected, but men also suffer from anorexia. Various factors often interact and influence each other in the development of anorexia. These include, among others:

  • Social media: In today’s world, which is dominated by social media, the self-image of many young women, but also men, is disturbed. Social media often convey an unrealistic ideal of beauty, which leads to dissatisfaction with one’s own body.
  • Biological and physical factors: Hereditary predisposition or disturbed eating behavior that has existed since childhood.
  • Personal factors: The personal development of those affected is determined by low self-esteem and concern about their own appearance.
    Certain events, such as the separation of parents or the loss of a loved one, can also contribute to the development of anorexia.
  • A diet that is carried out compulsively and is determined by the urge to lose more and more weight. Anorexia usually develops through a combination of social, individual, and family factors.
  • Gaining control: Compensating for lost control in other areas of life through controlled eating.

Our personalized therapy for anorexia

At the LIMES Schlossklinik Bergisches Land, we treat you holistically and individually using the LIMES 360° formula. In addition to in-depth somatic diagnostics, you will receive high-frequency psychotherapy in individual and group sessions. Here, we address the origins of your anorexia on an individual basis and work together to develop a strategy for overcoming it. You will also receive a variety of special therapies such as relaxation and mindfulness training.

The goal is to regain a healthy body awareness and learn how to eat properly. In joint cooking classes, we reinforce healthy eating habits and proper portion sizes, helping you regain more independence. Our healing environment, based on the Healing Environment Approach, also has a positive effect on your recovery.

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Holistic treatment concept for anorexia

Our experts, consisting of medical specialists, therapists, and nutritionists, develop a holistic therapy concept that is tailored to your individual needs. The goal is for you to regain a healthy approach to yourself and for us to work together to develop prevention strategies that will help you avoid a relapse.

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