Demi Moore ‘Anorexic’ and ‘Exhausted’: How People Can Recover from Them
The award-winning actress, Demi Moore, best known for gracing the cover of various magazines and her role in the movie "Ghost," was reportedly hospitalized due to anorexic-related seizures and has sought professional assistance to treat her exhaustion. Amidst the stress and the pressure that people go through each day, how do people recover from them?
Moore was hospitalized for reportedly suffering from a seizure, which according to Celebrity Health and Fitness, is not uncommon for those who are anorexic. Having only recently split up with Ashton Kutcher, she is also reportedly suffering from a lot of stress and has chosen to seek treatment for exhaustion to improve her health.
Anorexia and exhaustion are not really that uncommon in the world today. Various factors affecting people's lives nowadays lead to anorexia and exhaustion running rampant; with people complaining that they are exhausted and with 1 in every 100 females in Australia suffering from anorexia, according to the Central Region Eating Disorder Service.
Stripping it all down, a person who is suffering from exhaustion tends to feel tired for no reason; depends on beverages to keep on running; experiencing stomach pains, anger, irritability, chest pains, fever, and insomnia.
On the other hand, those who are anorexic start out skipping their meals, refusing to eat, and getting obsessed with their body. And when they do traverse the line and become anorexic, they appear to have lost a lot of weight and are thin; they suffer from seizures, fatigue, brittle nails, dry skin, and have abnormal blood counts, just to name a few.
For Moore, and maybe even other celebrities and some professionals, the risk of exhaustion and anorexia are high as their causes are simply working long hours, stress, perfectionism, and low self-esteem which Moore admitted to having.
How to Recover from Exhaustion
It's not impossible to get out of either one of these problems. Though exhaustion may be easier to recover from, anorexia may be a little trickier.
For those who are exhausted, characterized by being both mentally and physically drained, drinking plenty of water, around 64 ounces daily, helps the body to recover. Sports drinks with electrolyte are only advised when a person has performed strenuous physical activity, eHow.com recommended. Drinks with amino acids, l-carnatine, or creatine can also help increase energy.
Getting some exercise or working out also helps increase a person's energy, and of course, a no brainer, get enough, if not plenty, of sleep as sleeping gives the body time to recover from the day's activities, illnesses, or psychological traumas.
If a person still does feel exhausted after all of these tips have been followed, see a doctor to have one's hormones checked as any imbalance may be causing the feeling of fatigue.
How to Recover from Anorexia
Anorexia, and generally all eating disorders, is harder to recover from. That's because it not only takes behavioral changes, it also takes psychological changes.
In starting the road to recovering from anorexia, do not be afraid to ask for help. Feeling scared or embarrassed is understandable, but it could take help coming trusted friends, family members, and loved ones to recover from anorexia. Talk to them and open up on one's situation, according to HelpGuide.org.
After feeling cleansed and a thousand pounds lighter because the issue is out in the open, find an experienced specialist to address one's issues; this may include a professional counselor or a nutritionist. Under the wings of these professionals, they may require the person to undergo therapy, nutritional counseling, or attend support groups - all of which are crucial to the road to recovery.
But for the part of the person who has an eating disorder, it takes careful things like listening to one's body or feelings; trusting, loving, and accepting one's self; and enjoying life again.