John Posted July 29, 2006 Report Posted July 29, 2006 My understanding from our Counsellors at the Centre is that most eating disorders are like all other addictive/compulsive behaviours. Mattie will always be a "recovering bulimia sufferer". She will never be "cured" because the tendency will always be there. She will always need her friends and family to help build her self esteem. Hopefully over a period of years her self esteem will grow to the point where a recurrence will be unlikely. At this stage the storyline should see her "on the road to recovery" with definite signs of improvement not a complete recovery.
-Kelly- Posted July 30, 2006 Report Posted July 30, 2006 I think the story is good but for others, that's another story.
griseknoen Posted August 1, 2006 Report Posted August 1, 2006 I really hope this storyline will be draged out more. As many of you has said: They better not pull a Jade with this one. But if it is like Merc (?) said, only been going on for about 3-4 weeks, I don`t see it very unrealistic that she can stop this very fast. I think it is posible to pull yourself together and stop if it hasn`t been going on for very long.
claire_louise Posted August 1, 2006 Report Posted August 1, 2006 ^ I agree with that actually. I think people assume that an eating disorder is something that goes on for a long period of time, which is often true, but there are also people for whom making themselves sick is a one-off thing, or something that passes very quickly. The underlying issues are the same though.
griseknoen Posted August 1, 2006 Report Posted August 1, 2006 Yes, totally. The fact that Mattie has low self-esteem (sp?) won`t go away just because she stops this whole food-thing. And they could show that a thing like this could turn into something else. Like cutting herself or something like that.
Mez83 Posted August 1, 2006 Report Posted August 1, 2006 ^^ That's true. But I don't know if Home and Away is ready to tackle something like cutting without rushing it or having the person who is cutting themself have an ultra quick recovery.
griseknoen Posted August 2, 2006 Report Posted August 2, 2006 Well, cutting was just an alternative. There are loads of stuff kids could do based on low self esteem. She could also be doing something not that bad, like starting smokeing or something. As long as they don`t make it go away straight away, I`ll be happy.
claire_louise Posted August 2, 2006 Report Posted August 2, 2006 Hollyoaks actually did a really good self-harming storyline a few years ago. If Hollyoaks can pull it off, I'm sure H&A could!
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