Imagine someone close to you developed an eating disorder. Imagine only realizing when substantial damage had already been done. Imagine reading that anorexia nervosa was the psychiatric illness with the highest mortality rate and that left unattended there was a one in five chance that a person with the condition would die of the disease. Imagine being told that far too few were trained to treat this potentially fatal illness and that those who are, lack the time and resources to successfully treat your loved one. Imagine hearing there were no statistics on Eating Disorders in Malta, as if the numbers were negligible and then being told by a psychiatrist that he alone sees five new cases a week.

You are not imagining

Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa are diseases which thrive on secrecy. By ignoring them we are nurturing them. We think it’s time we made a noise. Don’t you?