Horses are a huge part of my life......My foal was born just before I when through everything with my mother's dying of cancer & the anorexia I ended up struggling with because of the trauma with the home care person & all the stress. By that spring, my mother had died & I was out of the hospital.....but was still passing out...... in the stall with my foal. It was not only dangerous for me, but it scared my foal. I struggled with being able to eat for several years after that.....but I always made sure that I ate enough to be ok around my horses.....I just couldn't do that to them nor to myself.

Just make sure not to get caught up in the drama & the care that is received when the needed care is given after passing out. Sometimes looking back, I know that I was getting good care when I ended up in the hospital......maybe a care that I wasn't getting in my marriage. I think there are a lot of hidden emotions that are all part of our focus on anorexia. Not saying that it's an attention seeking action.....but sometimes the feeling of caring that we get from others when we are being cared for is definitely something that we are in need of. Something I didn't think of at the time, only looking back at the situation.