Zoe struggled with various mental health conditions in her childhood but was too young to be able to communicate what she was feeling. Struggling so much throughout her adolescence, she began to feel like there was something wrong with her. Over time, she internalized these negative feelings about herself and was diagnosed with anorexia when she was 14.
To treat her condition, Zoe’s parents decided to try something called family-based treatment, which is the standard of care for adolescents with anorexia nervosa or avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID.) It essentially involves parents taking complete control of feeding their kids.
