‘Life Hurts: a doctor’s personal journey through anorexia’ is written by Dr Elizabeth McNaught (Lizzie).
Lizzie is now a medical doctor but she was diagnosed with anorexia at the age of 14, leading to an admission to a general hospital, many months in an inpatient hospital and years in community care.
She has told her story with a vision that this will inspire and encourage others to see that, although life hurts, there is hope for all of us.
Resources for readers
Lizzie’s book contains many helpful appendices. One of these is her ‘Letter to someone in a doctor’s waiting room.’ Every person’s story is unique and all will have different journeys. But what is consistent across everyone who develops anorexia is that all will have a first visit to the doctor. This can be a really positive experience or a negative one. It can be a crucial turning point, or just another staging post in the continual harm that anorexia does. This letter, republished here in a downloadable format, is designed to help any person at this crucial time.
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