Summary Of A Woman's Triumph Over Anorexia Nervosa

The book A Woman’s Triumph over Anorexia Nervosa is a bout the author, Sandra H. Heather and her struggle with anorexia nervosa. The book has been broken down in the three different parts, which all talk about different things Sandra struggles with. In the first part of her book, it talks about the beginning and the reflections on the her childhood and early adult years. Also, it talks about the emotional and psychological developments she had that led to the onset of anorexia. The second part, is on the the fall. This section of the book is about her struggle with, the ways to treat anorexia; and how this disorder impacts her and her family’s lives. It also makes the dangers of anorexia known, while showing that the recovery to the disorder

Anorexia Nervosa relates to Occupational Therapy in several different ways. An individual’s occupation is any activity that occupies his or her time. When a person struggles with an eating disorder such as anorexia, their healthy roles and occupations they had before start to fade, their main focus becomes the eating disorder, and the many routines and behaviors that are required to maintain it. Previous occupations such as socializing with friends, participating in activities, volunteering, or spending time with their family gradually start to fade away until there is often a severe lack of balance and the only focus of their day becomes the eating problem they have. Occupational Therapy helps individuals with eating disorders reestablish their previous healthy occupations and the life balance they once had before. The Center for Eating Disorders states that there are three main goals of every OT. The 1st main goal is to provide a safe setting where the person with the disorder can engage in many sensory activities while doing. As many think the eating disorder seems to be powered by thoughts and

They may experiment with healthier behaviors such as choice, decision-making and problem solving. The 3rd goal is to practice habits which create or reinforce healthy roles and occupations. The OT uses real life activities as their therapy, such as like meal planning, goal setting, clothes shopping, and other things like that. The OT uses activities such as these to assist the patients in returning to roles in their lives that are important to them. As I said before their are a lot of different things that relate anorexia nervosa to OT, but those are just a few main things that The Center for Eating Disorders states. Now that you know a little bit about how Anorexia relates to OT I am going to tell you a little bit about what I think about the book I read. The book to me was very interesting to me. The fact that Susan became a victim to anorexia as an adult rather than as a teenager was the most interesting thing to me. Most people become anorexia when they are in their teenage years, and becoming anorexia as an adult is what is unique about her. To me the author’s writing is rather flat, and leaves so much to be