Pictures of cream puffs, jars of ice cream and fatty meals. The pictures posted on Instagram could be those of a bon vivant and lover of good food. But they are the work of a young anorexic23 years old. Hailey Harris is a Brit who defines herself as passionate about yoga and coffee addict of the Marvel and coffee chain. Her story, told to the Daily Mail, is above all that of a young woman struggling with an eating disorder that has been eating her away for years. She opened the @bitingback accountto tell in selfies his fight against the disease, like revenge on life.
Coquette blonde from the city of Chemlsford, 50 km north-east of London, Hailey understood that social networks could constitute catharsis, a way to exorcise her demons. In addition to being a bulwark against loneliness in the face of anorexia, Instagram has become a way to educate other women in the same situation as her.
This idea came to him like a click in the form of a cry for help, when doctors told him that his thinness was endangering his life. Her heart rate had dropped to forty beats per minute (a normal average rate is between 50 and 85).
Too copious meals
Admittedly, her “logbook did not save her from anorexia. Every day remains a struggle to succeed in finishing the meals that she considers too generous and that she sometimes tastes more through the eye of her smartphone. But his motivation and perseverance all the same made him gain weight and regain a taste for life.
Anorexia nervosa is a behavioral disorder characterized by strict and voluntary deprivation of food. Anorexia nervosa affects 0.5% of young girls in France and 0.03% of boys between 12 and 17 years old, according to Inserm.
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