Let’s talk about Purging
Purging is defined broadly as a series of actions taken with the intention of ridding the body of any food or liquid. The underlying factors that contribute to purging are complex and related to emotional distress, stress, anxiety and other negative emotions. As a carer and the most ideal methods of treatment, the most valuable role that you can play is one of support, non judgement and acceptance of where your loved one is at, whilst educating yourself about the illness and seeking to gain skills and strategies for you and your loved one.
Collaboration secures important changes to school curriculum to prevent eating disorders
Collaboration secures important changes to school curriculum to prevent eating disorders When classroom content triggered an eating disorder relapse for Kylie Burton’s daughter, the EDFA
World Kindness Day
World Kindness Day If the world was kind, would eating disorders be as prevalent? Would mental health conditions be endemic? Of course, we don’t know
Co-dependency in Eating Disorders
A complex and uncomfortable topic is the suggestion of a co-dependent relationship between a person with an eating disorder and their parent/carer. While it is understandable that a child or adult with an active ED is very dependent on their carers, the opposite can also be true, where the parents’ emotion and actions are dictated by the eating disorder of their loved ones.
Celebrating the first month of EDFA’s Fill The Gap counselling service
We’re about to celebrate the first month of EDFA’s Fill The Gap counselling service. In our first month of operations, more than 60 carers have attended appointments with our lived experience counsellors. The feedback has been overwhelming positive.
Emotional and Physical Signs of Caregiver Stress
An individual who devotes a lot of their time and energy into supporting someone else’s health or safety may experience caregiver stress, which is characterised by ongoing physical, emotional, and mental fatigue. It is important to be able to recognise that the unique set of challenges associated with caring for a loved one with an eating disorder may make a caregiver vulnerable to developing caregiver stress.
EDFA has launched its online one-on-one counselling sessions
EDFA has launched its online one-on-one counselling sessions EDFA first sessions of one-on-one counselling education and support started this week. After many months of planning,
Families concerned about school work’s potential to trigger disordered eating and eating disorder relapse
Families concerned about school work’s potential to trigger disordered eating and eating disorder relapse MEDIA RELEASE October 6, 2023 Growing numbers of Australian families are
Hope Story
Since I was a small child, I can remember feeling especially sensitive to the messaging I was receiving from society. It was everywhere, and it was loud and unequivocal; thinness equals ‘better’.