Analysis The Two Towers By Quot. R. Tolkien

Whole person care assignment – Theme: Emotional health connects to bodily health: Mind- Body medicine *Contents of interview included in an attachment Introduction â€Å"It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end†¦ because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing†¦ this shadow. Even darkness much pass.† - The Two Towers’ by J.R.R. Tolkien The reason I have chosen this extract to introduce my assignment is because I believe it nicely symbolises the thoughts that go though someone with anorexia nervosa and those closest to them. After interviewing my cousin and speaking to her parents during and after their daughter’s recovery, I could see that they felt like the torture of watching their daughter starve herself to death would never end. Not only is the link between the mind and the body most evident in someone suffering from anorexia nervosa, but it is also important to appreciate the detrimental consequences it will also have on the family. Nevertheless, as this extract illustrates, with the right type of help, the darkness and isolation that an eating disorder brings can be overcome, and recovery is possible. Literature review For someone who has not personally experienced anorexia there was always going to be the temptation to try and