Topic : 02/25 Deadly Thin

Quote From: smoorep

According to the following, this girl would qualify for committment for reasons a & b below.  Any judge in the country could just look at her & see she isn't psychologically capable of caring for herself.

 

Involuntary Commitment takes place when a person is ordered to be admitted to a hospital or treatment facility in order to prevent harm to that individual or others. The purpose of involuntary commitment is to help a person receive necessary and appropriate mental health and/or substance abuse treatment. In order to be hospitalized against an individual's wishes, the person must be mentally ill or under the influence of drugs or alcohol and dangerous to self or others. A person may act very strangely. displaying abnormal behavior but not be committable. An individual is considered dangerous to self if the person exhibits the following behaviors:

1. is unable to exercise self-control. judgment and discretion in conducting responsibilities of daily life without care/supervision. or
2. is unable to satisfy need for nourishment. personal care, medical care. shelter. protection and safety and there is a "reasonable probability" of serious physical debilitation unless adequate treatment is given, or
3. has attempted or threatened suicide and there is "reasonable probability" of suicide unless treatment is given. or
4. has mutilated or attempted to mutilate self and there is "reasonable probability" that the person will seriously mutilate self again unless treatment is given.

Quote From: ohthatsadaisy

THANK YOU Dr. Phil and staff!

                                                             Monday, February 25, 2008 program

 

Hello again!  I am the close friend of Pat and Aimee (young lady with bulimic eating disorder).  The wonderful love, support and proffessional help that Dr. Phil has put in to place for Aimee is truly a blessing!  Dr. Phil treated both Pat and Aimee with such respect and dignity!  He is a model father image for her to lean on during her recovery!  Words cannot express the heartfelt gratitude that I want to tell Dr. Phil and his fabulous staff.  Pat told me that the entire experience was amazing!  I believe that because of Dr. Phil's loving heart to reach out to help others live their best life, that we will indeed see Aimee back on his program, as the healthy, vibrant young lady she used to be! God bless you Dr. Phil and staff!  Jennifer is proof of your wonderful work! 

 

Sincerely, Liz McKellar

Quote From: lunachique

I had it about 25 years ago too. And though I consider myself recovered, it's never really over, and like you, I consider starving every day. I don't think it ever does go away entirely.  I also ended up overweight, and in fact recently had weight loss surgery. But I have to be so careful not to slip back into old ways. I've had many relapses over the years, though usually brief. It's so easy to go back! I've learned to tell the warning signs and get help when I feel like I'm starting to slip back into old patterns. Like you, my weight loss efforts have to be doctor supervised because that struggle is still so strong. I have a great primary care doc who has seen me have relapses and knows how slippery a slope it is for me. I've just lost 105 pounds due to the surgery. I still have more to lose, but so far so good. But it's really easy to slip into starvation when you're not hungry. I have to be really careful and make sure I eat what I'm supposed to, though it's a struggle.

You may be interested in a group I started on Yahoo Groups called 'Wishbones'. It's for anorexics who are no longer thin, and maybe even fat, like myself, who are allegedly recovered but still struggle with the anorexic impulses. It's been a pretty quiet group lately, but maybe you can liven it up! If you're interested just go to Yahoo Groups and type in 'Wishbones' and it should come up.

You also might be interested in a book called "Gaining" by Aimee Liu. She is a recovered anorexic (she wrote the book 'Solitaire' about her anorexic experience) who still struggles with the impulses and relapses like we do. She did a  lot of research and spoke to a lot of former anorexics and found out that most of them are like us. They may be better, but they still struggle with it thoughout their lives. She also discusses some of the latest research that indicates that there may very well be a genetic component. It's a very interesting book, and very validating to know that  you're not alone in the prolonged struggle. Ms. Liu had anorexia back in the 60's, so she's got even us beat in how long she's been struggling!

Good luck with everything, especially your daughter. I hope she does OK. Please don't blame yourself.


TZ

Quote From: ddlynn

As a mother of 2 daughters, this story really scared me.

My Jr. High daughter tells me stories every day of children making fun of each other over weight, acne, whatever they can.  I worry about my girls worrying so much about what people think tof their appearence that this could happen to them.  

Aimee, God be with you and give you the strength to get through what lies ahead for you.  I don't know you, but I hurt for you and will pray for your health and mind to heal.  Embrace the help Dr. Phil is providing you. 

I also pray for her mom.  I can't even imagine how you must feel to watch this happen to your child.  I pray for strength to be there for your daughter.  There are people thinking of you and praying for you.       

Quote From: sister3

I read some of the letters people posted and didn't feel like any of them touched the whole problem. WHY did Dr Phil start the show with FAT people and the subject of obesity??? The doctors telling everyone that obesity is a growing problem, the health risks of being FAT. Okay..........then lets go to the anorexic guest and she's too thin and the health risks of being like her. Well, as a fat person my whole life, who has tried everything to be skinny, to the point that I have ruined my health but am still fat, I would much rather have the health risks and be skinny than the health risks that come with being fat!!!! And the anorexic woman is much more socially acceptable than a fat person, she has a disease, fat people just eat too much is what people believe. Well not all overweight people eat constantly or huge amounts of food. I would give anything to be thin!!!! Even my life.

Quote From: mel_physio

I just wanted to write a quick note to say that I personally know Aimee and her family and I think it's very important to make people aware that she has a VERY VERY supportive family!  Every family has their problems, but Aimee's weren't anything more than the average persons.  I think that people immediately assume that the parents were horrible people or something absolutely terrible happened to Aimee as a child,...but that may not always be the case.  With that said, I do believe that Aimee has inner struggles that need to be dealt with and to this point she has not been able to do that with the support she has been given.  I pray that through this experience that Aimee is able to have hope again and strength to get through the hard work ahead of her,...that she will have a renewal of her zest for life! 

 

 

Quote From: yoshiyoshi

I agree with you. It was really pathetic to start the show off like that. It seemed to me a bit of, "Please please don't hate us lucrative diet program promoters!"