so, even before i had an eating disorder i’ve always wanted to be a nutritionist. yet, now i realized that i will probably never be able to be a nutritionist. i understand why because im obviously not in good mental condition with the job im trying to have lmao. but really though do you think there’s ever a chance if i recover? or am i just being really delusional. i don’t think it’s going to workout at all.
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A large number of people with anorexia nervosa go into that field and become nutritionalists as that is what interests them.
When you're a professional (and even when you're a student), you separate things. You stop being a person who has anorexia and start being a nutritionist. If you don't know how to do that, then you shouldn't become a nutritionist in the first place.
If you care about nutrition just because you know the number of calories or macronutrients contained in certain food... maybe you shouldn't study nutrition.
If you understand the relevance of nutrition to stay healthy or to manage certain illnesses, and you want to help people with that... then that's wonderful.
If you care about nutrition just because you know the number of calories or macronutrients contained in certain food... maybe you shouldn't study nutrition.
If you understand the relevance of nutrition to stay healthy or to manage certain illnesses, and you want to help people with that... then that's wonderful.
Yes, I practise as a Naturopath/ Nutritionist and have done for the past 5years. A lot of people with ED work is health related fields. I don't feel like a hypocrite, regardless of my weight I know my craft
If they're not recovered/weight restored I think it's a baaad idea. People who go to nutritionists have a food issue, so they could likely easily be triggered if their nutritionist is clearly underweight. There was one who worked at a psych unit I was at who was probably BMI 14 and it was extremely triggering. I was shocked that she worked there tbh.
Other than that I think it's a great idea.
We know nutrition, and unless you're gonna encourage them to use unhealthy behaviors, it seems to be more often than not that people with EDs just want other people to be healthy and take care of themselves. Do what you know. Makes sense to me.
Other than that I think it's a great idea.
We know nutrition, and unless you're gonna encourage them to use unhealthy behaviors, it seems to be more often than not that people with EDs just want other people to be healthy and take care of themselves. Do what you know. Makes sense to me.
This exactly. My nutritionist coming out of treatment advertised that she was an ed nutritionist because of her own experience. However, she would regularly make people's meal plans higher than needed to the point of gaining ridiculous amounts of weight - I found out when I went to my dr and they were like uh... so you've gained like 15 lbs (I came out of treatment at 120) and one of friends who went to her gained to the point that she went out of her healthy weight range and was told by a nurse at her dr 🤦🏼♀️🤬. We both stopped seeing her.
However, my ed therapist also had an ed and recovered in her master's program. She's incredible (however she calls all the bs which makes relapse annoyingly difficult 🤷🏼♀️😂) and open about her history.
My first thought reading this was those threads about adding extra calories to people's food without them knowing. She was making people bigger so she would be the smallest!
I feel as though they could simply because people with EDs tend to hold themselves to a completely different standard than they hold others.
As long as they are self-aware and are careful to separate science and their own delusions in order to properly serve / treat people
As long as they are self-aware and are careful to separate science and their own delusions in order to properly serve / treat people
If you recover (mental illness under control) and take the appropriate coursework for registry/certification, you can be a nutritionist/dietitian. Anorexia nervosa can be treated and recovery is possible if you are determined to do this and get the help that you need. Don't rule anything out.
There's this ED book that I once found in a book store for used books
And there's this one chapter where the girl's family sends her to see a nutritionist, and she narrates that the nutritionist used to have an ED and that of course wanted to help her
Until one day the nutritionist tells the girl's mother that she can't do it anymore because it was bringing back all sort of memories and habits and that it was getting harder for her deal with it when seeing so many symptoms
Too real
And there's this one chapter where the girl's family sends her to see a nutritionist, and she narrates that the nutritionist used to have an ED and that of course wanted to help her
Until one day the nutritionist tells the girl's mother that she can't do it anymore because it was bringing back all sort of memories and habits and that it was getting harder for her deal with it when seeing so many symptoms
Too real
Honestly, I think that's what it is. I told my therapist about it because she was referring people to her and she stopped lol there's only like 3 ed nutritionists in the immediate area though. From what I've heard though, the clinic that originally referred me and almost everyone I know from there to her has stopped too between her over feeding and the nutritionist from the clinic (who is actually pretty great, she went with someone to pick their wedding dress while they were in PHP) going back into private practice, they don't need to refer to her anymore
Not if they still suffer. We all know how desperate we are to make others fat and I think they would be triggered by thinner people.
Do you remember the name of this book or the cover or anything? I'm very curious as to which book this is
In English it's called Distortion I think
It alternates chapters between the daughter (who has EDNOS) and the mother
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