Bear with me..this could be a bit like a counselling session for me! My son had an eating disorder for 10 years. He was a promising footballer and went into an academy at 9.At 10 he had an injury that stopped him training for 6 months,when he returned to the academy he was given a diet and training sheet.....As a family we all supported him by eating healthly, what i failed to notice was how my son avoided meals.
When we realised how ill he was we were helpless...He wouldn't talk to us, he wouldn't talk to the doctor! We watched him starve himself,he had no energy,was cold all the time, didn't leave the house and became obsessive about routine.Football was what started his issues but he was so weak he couldn't run the length of the field...
At 19 i noticed a change..only small things at first but he started to ask for different meals, and began to socialise more. I don't know what the turning point was but thank god it happened.
I am quite a private person and apart from family i have never talked about this. I'm sitting here in tears because i've finally stopped blaming myself. Society does this to people..every magazine you pick up has pages of people who have lost weight/put weight on, everybody strives for perfection. I look after a 3 year old who told me she didn't want a cake because it was fat food....where has this come from at 3!
Thankfully my son is over the worst.He still has issues with food and i think these will always be part of his life,but he has just joined the police force and seems happy and content..what more could i wish for..
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