Can I tell you about Eating Disorders? by Fiona Field

Author:Fiona Field [Bryan Lask and Lucy Watson]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857007971
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2014-07-03T00:00:00+00:00

“Not everyone has to have such a horrible experience to ‘get’ Functional Dysphagia. Sometimes they will just believe that some food will make them sick and others will believe the food will choke them.”

Francesca: “My eating disorder controls me in different ways. My Functional Dysphagia tells me that I am going to choke or be sick if I eat certain types of food. But it doesn’t make me think I’m fat or disgusting, and I’m actually quite confident.”

Alice: “So, if you don’t think you’re fat, then what do you think caused your Functional Dysphagia?”

Francesca: “Well, not everyone who has Functional Dysphagia ‘gets it’ in the same way. I think what caused mine was when I was little, my Granny came for Sunday lunch and she choked on a chicken bone and I was so scared. I was so terrified that ever since then I haven’t been able to eat anything that’s solid because I’m afraid it’s going to happen to me!”

Alice: “What, just from seeing your Grandma…?”

Francesca: “Yes! Ever since then I’ve been feeling so worried that I can only eat mushed-up or soft foods, like porridge – but it cannot have lumps. Yes, yes, I know…it doesn’t make sense!”

All: “That’s the thing about eating disorders, they just don’t make sense!”

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