Hiding Under the Table
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1589430638 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-07 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Power of Experience Linda V. Sweet Through the power of his experience, Dennis Henning has written a very personal story about his battle with an eating disorder. His story is a stunning display of a long-practiced dysfuntion and--thank God!--an equally stunning recovery. Henning reveals his own private road to hell. Eating and purging became a way of life. As his life spun out of control, he also became. A must read for all males with any issues about self worth! An eye opening book! Raw honesty that was spine chilling. I admired Dennis' openess in telling his story and believe it will help others to come out from "underneath the table." Even if a male does not have an eating disorder, but has issues about his appearance, physique, masculinity and self-worth, this book will shake him awake and help him focus on what really matte. Honest, real and scary Tom Earnest Long before Livejournal accountability threads and coined phrases suchas ana and mia, there were in fact real people with eating disorders.Even real males, with eating disorders. Unlike some of the memoirspublished on this topic, many of which serve as triggers to youngerreaders, Dennis' book is frank, honest, and in many passages suprisingeven to some who have sturggle
This is the raw, uncompromising account of a man who suffered from an eating disorder, and how for years the medical establishment would not take his anguish seriously because he was a male. This is his true and unfiltered story, from the evolution of his crushing addictions to how he finally recognized that he had to take responsibility for his own recovery.. $300.00 a day food habit, 300 laxatives a day, prostitution: These are a few of the ways Dennis Henning numbed himself to deal with his "silent killer", an eating disorder