Healing of eating disorders

Mr D. M. (32), Frankfurt (Germany)

In 1983 I became aware of the fact that my eating habits were totally disturbed. I regularly overate and then had to lie down with stomach ache. Over the years this condition grew progressively worse. Finally, lunch consisted of almost a pound of bread, half a pound of cheese and a pound of yoghurt. On the way home from work in the evening I polished off a whole carton of 20 chocolate-covered marshmallows. At home I finished off the rest of the loaf of bread from lunch time, a pound of chocolate pudding and two 200-gram containers of rice pudding. To rid my stomach from the intense pressure all this engendered, I vomited this food again. After a stay in hospital in 1989, I was declared unfit for work and the first steps for early retirement were initiated. The reason: "severe depressive exhaustion and a considerable eating disorder." In the meantime I thought about suicide because I no longer wanted to live this way.

After my introduction to the teaching of Bruno Gröning, In December 1989, the thoughts of suicide were the first to go, and since April 1990 I have been completely healed. I no longer suffer from bouts of overeating and am an active person once again. My early retirement was retracted and I am back at work.