I suffered from bulimia for nearly a decade. I was stick thin like Emma, but still had people complimenting me on my figure all the time, there was a degree of me not looking ‘ill’ from the outside. Until it caught up with me, I collapsed at work one morning. My manager at first thought I’d just fainted and was going to drive me home however then it became apparent things were much worse than that. I was blue lighted to hospital where they told me my heart was at risk of stopping., I was a cardiac arrest risk and now I also have a very high pulse rate and my heart rhythms can be erratic. It was picked up and investigated again when i had babies as your heart rate is constantly being monitored. I am constantly reminded of my old habits everytime I watch her stories of her giant chocolate bags - family sized bags like that were my forte, I’d demolish packs of them at a time and then be sick. Also the way she encourages Gary to go and play golf in the evenings and she’ll go to bed and eat - you like to isolate yourself in this way so you’re free to do so. I too was hooked up to an IV drip in hospital so they could try and get my potassium levels up. It all screams of a result of disordered eating - sorry if I’m wrong, just speaking from experience. I’m only 5 years on now but a million miles away from that person. I’m 2 stone heavier and a hell of a lot healthier and happier.
