Four years ago, Ben stopped playing Xbox Live with his friends. He used to do it all the time, but over that summer of 2009 as the eating disorder began to take over his life, he just stopped. Instead, he played on the Xbox in solitude. Today, however, he's hooked up to Xbox Live again, laughing and yelling with glee as he "fights" a couple of friends on some game or other.
And these are new friends, not the old friends who virtually deserted Ben. These are friends he's met down at Games Workshop.
It's yet another development in Ben's Life Without ED, as the eating disorder fades even more into the distance.
Then tomorrow he and I leave for Cornwall, for the sea-view holiday he won in a competition.
Bring on the Cornish pasties!!
Looking for information on eating disorders in boys? Worried that your son has an eating disorder? How can you tell if a boy has an eating disorder? The fact is that the number of boys with eating disorders is on the rise. In 2009 my 15-year old son developed anorexia. Now, aged 23 and having just completed a Master's Degree, he is thankfully recovered. This blog tells the story of my son's recovery from a serious eating disorder as well as raising awareness of eating disorders in boys.
No comments:
Post a Comment