Eating Disorders 
After our twins, Susy and Libby, finished their first semester at different colleges a few years ago, I asked them about the biggest challenge they'd faced as Christians on campus. To my surprise, it wasn't encountering the parties, casual sex, or agnostic professors. It was seeing the number of girls struggling with an eating disorder.
Could your daughter be dealing with this prevalent problem? Here's ...
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Marie
Thank you for the frankness and honest look at eating disorders in this article. I am a student of nouthetic counseling and counsel Christian women with eating disorders online and in person, and last year I wrote a book dealing with the roots and process of recovery from a biblical perspective. EDs (bulimia in particular) are as prevalent among Christian women as among the general population. This is a spiritual problem masquerading as a physical one, and repentance and surrender to Christ is the only answer. Please visit my site for help: http://redeemedfromthepit.blogspot.com/
Bethany
Itoo have been struggling with bulimia, and now - just realizing the bottom part of a few teeth are becoming see-through, I have realize that after struggling for going on 5 years now...My body has taken a massive beatn. I can only imagine what I've done to my insides. I live in redding, ca and am looking for affordable Christian counselling. I can't do this on my own, but yes - with God's help I will overcome this. I want to be Bethany again. Completely bubbly, outgoing and not afraid of food...
Lara
I would also like to add Compulsive Overeating as an eating disorder. As a 46 year old, Spirit-filled woman, I have struggled with my weight since puberty onset at 9 years old. By the grace of our God and King, Jesus, my body is 88 pounds lighter and I am 5 foot 8 inches in a size 12, down from a size 22-24. The Church is filled with sisters and brothers who have turned to food for relief and comfort from emotions. Shame, secrecy, fear, judgemental attitudes and well-wishers encouraging the use of more will-power/self-control, and cultural pressures prevented me from turning to God for relief from my nightmare. Today, I know that my day-by-day reprieve from the insanity of my disorder comes from Jesus Christ and, through the tools of an anonymous program and The Word, I am finding healing and strength for today. He is doing for me what I could never do for myself. All the glory for this joy and freedom to love the life You gave me is Yours, Father!
Anonymous
Thank you...
Ashley
I have been struggling with bulimia since November due to my mom's over concern of my eating habits and my dad's drinking and anger problems...in the beginning i tried to keep it a secret, in hopes to lose 30 lbs to be happy. however, i have gotten exactly the opposite result. i have gained about 5, and my relationships with my parents and closest friends are falling apart right before my eyes. If someone is pestering you about eating habits and you do not have an eating disorder, talk to them about how it effects you, whether it be frusteration, depression, dispair. Because that is what happened to me, and because i did not address the situation, I now have to recover from bulimia. As i write this, i have chosen to stop this terrible cycle. I have not been my happy optimistic self in months and I know that with God's help, I can get through this. Best of luck to anyone else who is struggling...God is always there for you, and he won't ever forsake you, no matter how rough life gets.
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