See subject. In a case where someone has severe anorexia, they end up in hospital, and doctors will therefore notice. But if it's a little milder than that, and they simply have a target weight that is dangerously low (BMI 16) and spend every moment of every day obsessing about calories, food, and weight, and feeling miserable about it, this may not get spotted. Given that a key part of eating disorders is that the sufferer THINKS they're behaving quite rationally, how do you get someone like that to realise there's something wrong with them and that they need help?
>>34445909Normally you don't help them. It's not treatable. Just let them die.
>>34445913So, first off, you're flat-out wrong about that. The prognosis for people with eating disorders who get treatment is extremely good these days. See, for example: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/29/eating-disorder-treatment-recoverySecond, if a person is actually sick enough for their life to be in danger, it's impossible for that not to be picked up by doctors when he or she collapses and ends up hospitalised. The problem here is precisely that it's *not* life-threatening - just endlessly distressing for the sufferer and everyone around them - so there's no mechanism for it to be detected by a doctor unless they themselves actually ask for help.
>>34446118If you're just going to use the internet to look shit up, why not just look up your answer?Fucking silly goose.
>>34446118>so there's no mechanism for it to be detected by a doctor unless they themselves actually ask for help.Isn't it the case that once a person is an adult it's impossible to forcibly treat them for an eating disorder anyway? Even if they collapse, all doctors will do is treat the issue that caused collapse (electrolyte deficiency, IV feeding) until they're able to walk out the door. But you can't force an adult into inpatient treatment.
