‘She left her body’: A mother’s fight against her daughter’s anorexia
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- The article describes the Brancaccio family's experience with Dalila's anorexia nervosa, detailing their struggles, the treatment process, and their eventual recovery. It focuses on the family's personal journey, medical interventions, and the broader context of eating disorders.
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“She started losing weight and withdrawing from friends and social events, and grew stiff around food. She refused to eat with her family and avoided meals with them.”
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“By January 2018, knowing her daughter was critically unwell and in need of urgent help, Rita persuaded her to visit a public centre for eating disorders.”
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“Castel d’Emilio, Italy - The chilly late January fog rises from the streets and wheat fields of Castel d’Emilio, a small hillside village near Italy’s eastern Adriatic coast.”
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“That was the year that everything changed for the Brancaccio family - when Dalila, 29, was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.”
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“Dalila’s illness had begun about a year earlier. She does not know why she began refusing food, only that she started to see herself differently and could no longer recognise her body as her own.”
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“The specialised centre in Fermo, about an hour’s drive away, had initially directed Rita to services closer to the family’s home when she contacted them.”
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“‘Either I die, or she dies. You figure out what to do,’” Rita remembers telling them in desperation.”
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“The centre’s diagnosis gave them a path forward. ‘When they told us it was anorexia nervosa, I thought: this is an illness, not a whim. That meant there was a cure,’ Rita says.”
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“The centre placed Dalila on a strict meal plan and gave her regular appointments.”
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“Dalila would spend hours under the hot water trying to warm herself, but Rita never said anything about the high gas bills.”
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“A calendar from 2018 remains hanging in the Brancaccio family's home.”
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“She could be sitting at the table at noon, and when I returned from work around 3pm, she would still be eating chicken. It could take hours to finish a plate.”
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“From April to October, Dalila stayed at the centre, sometimes coming home during the week or on the weekends.”
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“Rita Brancaccio's Sunday ragu is Dalila Brancaccio's favorite dish.”
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“She continues to see the psychiatrist she has been seeing for eight years twice a month.”
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