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!!
Want information on eating disorders in boys? Worried your son has an eating disorder? What are the signs of eating disorders in boys? In 2009 my 15-year-old son developed anorexia. Now aged 31 and with a MSc in Psychology he is recovered & working in mental health using his experiences to help others. I help to raise awareness of eating disorders in boys, point parents to helpful resources & talk about how eating disorders can traumatise families.
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