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Anorexia — Beyond the Symptom

Anorexia nervosa is a serious and potentially life-threatening eating disorder characterised by restricted food intake, intense fear of weight gain, and a profoundly distorted relationship with the body. But the symptom — the restriction, the weight — is not the disorder. It is the surface of something that runs considerably deeper.

Control and letting go — the difference between wants and needs

Much of the stress and anxiety of daily life originates in the attempt to control outcomes — to guarantee that a specific action produces a specific result. The therapeutic shift is towards investing fully in the action while releasing attachment to what follows.