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Anorexia is a complex condition. It is difficult to define it briefly. An anorexic person can at the same time show a lack of appetite and a desire to eat, which can suddenly turn into disgust for food. Paradoxically, it can show bulimic crises often followed by deliberate vomiting. Anorexia is often the expression of an unbalanced, traumatised and very fragile psychic state. It can often lead to serious physical deficiencies and leave long lasting sequels.

Causes for anorexia are complex and vary from one person to another. Some causes are common, however, to many cases: emotional problems at puberty, especially in parent-child relationships, problems with self-esteem, with self-image and with feelings of guilt and self-punishment. Anorexia is an illness that requires specific medical, nutritional and psychological treatment.

Nutritional follow-up is essential because the person must build a whole new system of feeding references and habits with which he/she must feel comfortable. He/she must also build new tastes and preferences: a taste for food, taste for non destructive pleasures, a taste for calm and peace, a taste for relationships, a taste for life as a whole.

Shiatsu can also be very useful to help overcome an anorexic condition. Shiatsu helps relax tensions and ease anxieties while releasing physical tenseness and vital energy.

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