Bulimia, anorexia and other such disorders affect almost 190,000 people in Ireland, but help is available
Mirin Pearce, from Cork, had “pretty obvious” signs of bulimia for six or seven years. But she didn’t realise for some time that she needed help.
Pearce, who is training to be a psychotherapist, says things came to a head when she had a day of “going backwards and forwards between the bathroom and kitchen, bingeing and purging and totally out of control”.Doireann Garrihy restores some celeb lustre to troubled 2FM with larky verve “Mindfulness was one of the first things that really helped. My parents encouraged me to go to therapy, and there were a couple of therapists that weren’t a great fit, but eventually I found someone I was able to talk to. I also got into art, which was very therapeutic alongside a very mindful form of yoga which helped me to really reconnect with my body in a new way.”
This will come as welcome news to many as, according to figures from the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders, about 1,760 new cases occur in Ireland each year in people aged 10-49. In November 2024, the annual report on the Activities of Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals 2023 stated that for the first time, eating disorders accounted for the highest proportion of all under-18 admissions, along with depressive disorders.
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