I swear to thin myself to the grave

What can lead to the desire to look better? What do people face whose perfectionism, multiplied by perseverance, makes them torment themselves with diets to the point of fainting? How do people who are so exhausted that they are unable to move independently feel?

The story of Rachel Farrukh, a 37-year-old actress who strove too fiercely for deceptive perfection, will answer all these questions. For Rachel, thinness and a slender body have always been the equivalent of beauty. At 27, with a height of 170 cm, the girl weighed 57 kilograms. For many, such indicators are just a dream. For Rachel Farrukh, this was not enough.

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Deceived by magazine stories and her own distorted notions, Rachel decided to "dry" a little to make her abdominal muscles more visible. It would seem that nothing happened that could portend a terrible disease. Moreover, Rachel was very lucky with her husband: Rod Edmondson worked as a personal trainer in a club where the actress was engaged in fitness. Everything was perfect - a beautiful healthy woman who dreams of losing a couple of kilograms, and her husband, a professional athlete, who is ready to help her in this endeavor.

This is how Rachel looked before the development of anorexia.

Unfortunately, it was at this point that Rachel began to have problems at work. Filming was catastrophically small, and Farrukh was sincerely sure that her appearance, namely overweight, was to blame for everything. The situation led to the fact that soon the woman crossed the line, and she began to have an eating disorder. The stomach rejected any food, hair began to fall out, the nails were terribly brittle. Any physical effort exhausted the woman. Rachel very quickly reached an extreme form of anorexia. During the most terrible period of the disease, Rachel's weight dropped to 18 kilograms. She did not think well - her brain worked very slowly. The woman could not move independently. Rod had to quit his job to constantly care for his anorexic wife.

When the former beauty was taken to a hospital near her house in a dying state, the doctors only shrugged and refused to accept the patient.

Then Rod, in desperation, left a post on his Facebook page, where he asked for help from everyone who could provide it. Within hours, Rod and Rachel had amassed $200,000. With this money, they were able to turn to specialists and begin intensive treatment.

A month later, things improved. Now Rachel eats very small meals in order to normalize her metabolism. The recovery process can take three to five years. The actress was discharged from the hospital, and now she can even walk to the store on her own.

The first thing I want to say to women is to change your mind. Extra pounds sometimes really become a terrible problem and interfere with life, but only when there are more than 20 of them. Most of life's troubles and problems are not at all to blame for an extra crease on the stomach. Learn to love and respect yourself, and then others will follow your example.