Meet the Minhas’
August 8, 2010
Paun ke neechain jannat hai (there’s heaven underneath their feet). Upon hearing this as a child, I ran to my basement to see if life was sweeter there – no such luck.
Paun ke neechain jannat hai (there’s heaven underneath their feet). Upon hearing this as a child, I ran to my basement to see if life was sweeter there – no such luck.
Zahra was 85 pounds (38 kilos) when she developed the eating disorder bulimia nervosa. She was 15 years old at the time. “You just convince yourself that if you become skinny and thin maybe people will like you.”
The parent’s responsibility is to teach their child to think critically about what they see and hear, whatever it is. To teach values of substance over image.
I had just gotten my first period. My mother’s words ended after the diaper instructions. I still had no clue what was happening.
I can categorically tell you anorexia is a real illness, and it’s a much more complex problem than just refusing to eat. In fact, believe it or not, it has very little to do with food.
My first therapy session was in a cold unfriendly office, and my therapist only looked up at me momentarily before proceeding to scribble away her observations on her notepad.The idea of conventional treatment had me running for the hills.
Tips for what you should and should not do, directly from the experts themselves: children who are experiencing an eating disorder.
The smell of summer rain and fresh tandoori barbeque delights filled the air as I rang the doorbell. I couldn’t help but feel a familiar bout of anticipation. The same kind of evenings I used to run from when I was a teenager because they would be so mind-numbingly boring.
We all like to mask ourselves, be it with a face-lift, a false smile, or a confidence layered on insecurity. Often when it comes to facing our children, we wear this mask most of all.