The idea of fixing a modern girl is an ideal figure. At the time of Rubens, a powerful mill with rounded shapes, a noticeable difference between the chest and waist, was considered the ideal figure, and thinness and pallor were more likely signs of exhaustion than beauty and health. Times change, and the image of painful fragility and tenderness was elevated to the ideal of femininity. Long-legged models with perfect proportions in orderly rows walk along the catwalk, driving both men and women crazy. A model is a dream, a fabulous life, easy money and the love of hundreds of fans. Every girl from early childhood dreams of such a life. The heroine of this article, Ksenia Bubenko, who quickly slipped into the abyss called “anorexia,” was no exception.
The sad story of "victory"
For a girl named Ksenia Bubenko, Yekaterinburg has been going through many years. And after the disturbing public release of the program “Let them talk”, residents of the whole country are worried about the girl. Ksenia Bubenko is an adult. At the time of the release of the program, she was 19 years old. By this age, the girl weighs 23 kilograms. She suffers from anorexia, and she herself has come to realize this terrible diagnosis. At the program, she told her sad story. Glamorous magazines have become the motive for losing weight. Model beauties excited the imagination of a young girl, and she wanted to become one of them. Luckily enough was not enough - to work on the figure and lose those extra pounds. Ksenia Bubenko solved the problem radically - she just stopped eating. The results of such a "diet", which Ksenia gave the name "Victory", were not long in coming. If Ksenia Bubenko weighed about 48 kilograms before anorexia, then her minimum weight was 19 kilograms. In a short time, the girl lost almost 30 kilograms.
"Let them talk"
On the program "Let them talk" Ksenia Bubenko got on the scales. Her weight was 23 kilograms. Relatives and friends in horror. They beg the girl to change her mind, start eating and stop torturing herself. The studio also brought together girls suffering from anorexia and who are at the recovery stage. They told the audience their stories and gave advice on how to recognize and defeat the disease.
Mostly anorexia affects the fair sex, who are more susceptible to the influence of others' opinions. Perfection girls, such as Ksenia Bubenko, strive to always do everything "perfectly" and achieve better results. For them, there are no half measures, only victory, only an ideal result. Ksyusha's height is small for a modeling career - 158 centimeters. But that did not stop her. The girl, without saying anything to her parents, decided to achieve her ideal weight by drinking only water. Parents, confident in the prudence of her daughter, could not believe that she wasn’t eating anything, but then Ksenia’s legs turned into bones, covered with skin, and the anxiety about her rapid weight loss turned into a panic. On the program “Let them talk,” Andrey Malakhov suggested that the girl fulfill one of her dreams - to organize a professional photo shoot when her weight exceeds 30 kilograms. Ksenia agreed to a bar of 30 kilograms, but not more.
The cunning of anorexia
This alerted parents and the audience even more, because, despite the apparent dystrophy and lack of weight and nutrients, vitamins in the body, Ksenia Bubenko does not want to recover to normal weight and considers herself beautiful, although her bulging bones, covered with parchment skin, are terrifying with others. Inadequate self-perception is one of the sure signs of an insidious disease - anorexia. Many parents incorrectly assume that anorexia manifests itself only with significant weight loss. In fact, anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder in which there is no appetite and there is a constant fear of gaining weight. Anorexia can also occur with a large excess of weight, when the girl is under constant emotional pressure generated by her own dissatisfaction with herself, ridicule of others and the desire to change. Often this disease is attributed to models that regularly withstand huge competition and are panicky afraid of the appearance of an extra kilogram, which will inevitably be noticed during a defile in swimsuits. According to rough estimates, about 1% of the fair half of humanity and 0.2% of the strong half suffer from anorexia. In this case, the average age of the sick varies from 13 to 20 years.
What are the main causes of anorexia?
Rarely, it happens that the cause of the progression of anorexia is a brain tumor that provokes an imbalance in the hormones of the pituitary or hypothalamus. But predominantly the disease has psychological causes. In other words, the obsessive desire to lose weight is explained by low self-esteem, the desire to make a career, like a lover, depressive disorders or schizophrenia.
How to recognize anorexia in the early stages?
The main symptom, of course, is weight loss of 20 percent or more of body weight for six months or less. There is a panic fear of getting better. Progressing exhaustion. Patients have a clear goal and dream about the number of the desired weight. With a prolonged absence of effect, depression develops, accompanied by outbreaks of anger. With weight loss, attacks of euphoria are possible. New norms of behavior appear during eating. For example, patients eat while standing, divide the food they eat into portions, and hide from their home. Using the trust of their loved ones, patients throw food away, transfer it to other people's plates, give it to animals.
If it turns out, then the patients completely refuse to eat, as happened in the case of Ksenia Bubenko. Her muscles began to atrophy. It’s scary to look at the girl’s body. Calcium is washed out of bones, teeth and hair are badly damaged. The girl has arrhythmia and constant weakness. The monthly cycle has stopped, and since organ restoration is not observed, the cells began to die. In the event that Ksenia Bubenko recovered, perhaps the cycle would return.
Way to life
Now the girl needs urgent hospitalization, which she opposes. Recovery will become possible when she begins to receive intravenous vitamins, drug treatment. In addition, she needs a balanced diet and behavioral therapy. Ksenia Bubenko now gained a few pounds, but still her health is still in danger. Without a clear desire to recover, the girl is doomed. And at this time, many hundreds of little girls study her photos, envy her successes and dream of a supermodel career, the path to which begins with a diet for them.