'Hypnosis cured my eating disorder' Anorexia sufferer ends six-year battle

<div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqyL7w0hiOyQ3Q9kgwSladAgjcP-CX-dXZlkU5dTjPGRqCsY4Bk2ALSZrm3sONFi9xvw_R08odOBEfKuVFdpErTvTHlC2noqPkq1DXpzuT0lszvJ8PoWmlv-1HOy_MKeQJ22cFpggij2g/s1600/%2527Hypnosis+cured+my+eating+disorder%2527+Anorexia+sufferer+ends+six-year+battle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="'Hypnosis cured my eating disorder' Anorexia sufferer ends six-year battle" border="0" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqyL7w0hiOyQ3Q9kgwSladAgjcP-CX-dXZlkU5dTjPGRqCsY4Bk2ALSZrm3sONFi9xvw_R08odOBEfKuVFdpErTvTHlC2noqPkq1DXpzuT0lszvJ8PoWmlv-1HOy_MKeQJ22cFpggij2g/s640/%2527Hypnosis+cured+my+eating+disorder%2527+Anorexia+sufferer+ends+six-year+battle.jpg" title="'Hypnosis cured my eating disorder' Anorexia sufferer ends six-year battle" width="640" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellie (not pictured) used hypnotherapy to help her beat anorexia</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> HYPNOSIS has cured a horrifying eating disorder by unearthing the moment in the sufferer's teens that triggered her six-year battle with the illness.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ellie Phipps' weight plummeted to a mere 5st 13lb and she was warned that she would die from organ failure if she carried on losing weight. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Because her condition had become so severe, Ellie was putting herself at risk of infertility and bone fractures. Her frail state also meant that she had began losing her hair. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The teaching assistant had to give up work and couldn’t even get car insurance, just in case she passed out behind the wheel.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As the condition reached its most severe point, Ellie’s mum, in sheer desperation, sent her to a hypnotist specialising in eating disorders. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Trying to find the root cause of Ellie’s illness, rather than addressing the symptoms, the hypnotist accessed her unconscious memories.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkDqf-idDTfvJ4Fi-uPD_PiIEy9zOFLjCfmTexaSsmwmRs-0_vPDZXZF_X69eVCLrVuL96x0vWBw5PodrGo23-1xGHdnTQsS1ohrB8K7iAeb3nnV9KCV1hI8ereHgYDpcxPuFiaR3XHc/s1600/%2527Hypnosis+cured+my+eating+disorder%2527+Anorexia+sufferer+ends+six-year+battle+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="'Hypnosis cured my eating disorder' Anorexia sufferer ends six-year battle" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEkDqf-idDTfvJ4Fi-uPD_PiIEy9zOFLjCfmTexaSsmwmRs-0_vPDZXZF_X69eVCLrVuL96x0vWBw5PodrGo23-1xGHdnTQsS1ohrB8K7iAeb3nnV9KCV1hI8ereHgYDpcxPuFiaR3XHc/s640/%2527Hypnosis+cured+my+eating+disorder%2527+Anorexia+sufferer+ends+six-year+battle+2.jpg" title="'Hypnosis cured my eating disorder' Anorexia sufferer ends six-year battle" width="596" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When Ellie (not pictured) was 14, a gymnastics class weigh in triggered an eating disorder</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> After just five sessions with hypnotist Nicky Maidment, who calls herself a "neuro linguistic master practitioner", had discovered the moment that triggered Ellie’s terrifying eating disorder - the time she was weighed in gym class, aged just 14.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Fearing she wouldn’t make the cut for her gymnastics team, because of her weight and appearance, the young teenager was left with a hidden phobia of food. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ellie said: "I remembered waiting in a queue at gym class to be weighed.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "Then my friends either side started to panic that they would be overweight.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I said 'it will be ok,' but inside I started to worry that I'd be the fat one. This stuck with me and I also wanted to be the perfect girl.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxefGO803o-wO_5nX2QsFu2yxxLumhE_2aQ_lt6tBa7jROpexVrj4kwPuUkcUk6lDN3-DY4PEvlPklNyn3xqidvBRR_GFGseKbWU8JXLcLFYxAne5L0QZxzU0mBpA7YUsLgrt0KRXuHac/s1600/%2527Hypnosis+cured+my+eating+disorder%2527+Anorexia+sufferer+ends+six-year+battle+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="'Hypnosis cured my eating disorder' Anorexia sufferer ends six-year battle" border="0" height="640" src="" title="'Hypnosis cured my eating disorder' Anorexia sufferer ends six-year battle" width="596" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellie said she lived on fruit and toast</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Thanks to the help of her hypnotist, Ellie has since beat her anorexia and has turned her life completely around, and now weighs eight stone. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ellie is now coaching gymnastics and says she feels much happier after her months of battling back to fitness. She’s since developed a healthier and happier approach when it comes to food, following a balanced diet.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She knew she had to change after seeing a holiday photo of herself looking emaciated.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Ellie said: "I didn't like having my photo taken because deep down I knew how poorly I looked.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "It was a horrible photo and I wondered what I had done to myself.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I was obsessed with calories and lived off tiny portions of toast and fruit.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "But it was barely enough to survive on and in time it affected me both physically and mentally."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div><div class="p402_hide htmlappend"><section class="text-description"><!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><div style="display:none"></div><!--By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C found at https://accounts.brightcove.com/en/terms-and-conditions/. --><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="http://admin.brightcove.com/js/BrightcoveExperiences.js"></script><object class="BrightcoveExperience" id="myExperience4585845512001"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /> <param name="width" value="648" /> <param name="height" value="365" /> <param name="playerID" value="4642305052001" /> <param name="playerKey" value="AQ~~,AAACT2hWexE~,QV-ElXQT89W7N55WKqUfIFkYgnSIYSaW" /> <param name="isVid" value="true" /> <param name="isUI" value="true" /> <param name="dynamicStreaming" value="true" /> <param name="@videoPlayer" value="4585845512001" /></object><!-- This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soonas the line is read by the browser. If you wish to have the player instantiated only afterthe rest of the HTML is processed and the page load is complete, remove the line.--><script type="text/javascript">brightcove.createExperiences();</script><!-- End of Brightcove Player --></section></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Aside from numerous health problems, Ellie, from Gloucestershire, said the illness caused strained relationships with her family and boyfriend.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She added: "I used to be very active, but I then started to sleep a lot and had no energy.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I stopped going to my boyfriend's house because I couldn't drive. He still visited me and was supportive throughout.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I ached all over and just walking would cause my heart to pound.”</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I had gone from a bubbly, independent, happy person, to someone who struggled to speak to people."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She added: "People wondered why I would starve myself when I had so much going for me, but it wasn't a rational choice. I knew I had a problem, but felt helpless to change it.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "I now feel a lot happier and am almost back to my old self. I feel confident, am working and enjoying spending time with loved ones."</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39eFO6X_V2lXEHRJosryI1h-Sq_z-pLMKsmeJSjRDj3ETF0MDNbao3dUmEw2kumKTTyH1JzVWjkcZ72ROMLjFO415R8b7glZFuaXaI76qX6qEXxfBHCSqridZuP_xoq918s4FYNPQ6TM/s1600/%2527Hypnosis+cured+my+eating+disorder%2527+Anorexia+sufferer+ends+six-year+battle+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="'Hypnosis cured my eating disorder' Anorexia sufferer ends six-year battle" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh39eFO6X_V2lXEHRJosryI1h-Sq_z-pLMKsmeJSjRDj3ETF0MDNbao3dUmEw2kumKTTyH1JzVWjkcZ72ROMLjFO415R8b7glZFuaXaI76qX6qEXxfBHCSqridZuP_xoq918s4FYNPQ6TM/s640/%2527Hypnosis+cured+my+eating+disorder%2527+Anorexia+sufferer+ends+six-year+battle+4.jpg" title="'Hypnosis cured my eating disorder' Anorexia sufferer ends six-year battle" width="596" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ellie (not pictured) said she found socialising difficult</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div>

'Hypnosis cured my eating disorder' Anorexia sufferer ends six-year battle

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