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the begreeng, I put town specif nerves. My daugrime Sarah had put med steen and was studying hard for her OCSE Anee the'd do well as she was top of the class in all her subjects at school and 5 had ways been a high achever. But as the time for the xams drew nearm, her behaviour started to change drastically.

Sarah became kullen and withdrawn. She went the bvely teenager i knew But the most worrying thing of all was 10 that she was hardly eating anything. She refused to eat with the rest of the tamly and was having only light snacks in her room. Al the time I didn't want to make a big deal of it, as I thought I'd just make her more anxious about her exams. wat convinced that once she'd taken the exams, she would 15 soon sette down and everything would get back to normal

But didn't. In fact, got worse. By the middle of the summer Sarah had become very skinny and pale. She also had wild mood swings, bursting into tears of becoming enraged by the slightest thing. I should say at 20 this point that my initial reactions to this situation weren't very helpful. We had huge fights about her being too thin and I tred to persuade her to eat more, but she just turned her nose up at everything offered her. When nothing I said or did seemed to make any difference, I really felt at a 25 complete loss about what else I could do or who I could tum to. I was desperate. After a lot of thought I realised that I would have to try other tactics Screaming and tewring

my hair out were definitely not improving the situation. I started by looking up eating disorders on various websites, to get as much information as I could, and what I found out almost scared me to death. Anorexia nervosa is a condition that typically affects teenage girls. There are a

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I was shocked to discover that this dome can sously damage the heart and make hories bette and ey However, the most frightening aspect of the conditione in 10% of cases leacts to the death of the sufferer the information was temfying to thatped me to come to terme with the fact that someone with a severe sating deceder

needs love and support and urgent medical attention took a lot of calm and gentle pensussion to get my tearful daughter to agree to go with me is a doctor who specialises in eating disorders. That we we years ago and the road to recovery has been long and hand. Sanan spent two months in hospital to get her weight back to normal and since then she has been seeing a psychiatrist to help her deal with the underlying causes of the problem

It was tough for me, loc. I felt very guilty about he liness that somehow it was my fault, and I was a bad mother who had caused her daughter so much anxiety she had started to starve herself. But we've mariaged to get Through together, Now Sarah is looking forwant t starting university, the colour has retumed to her cheeks and she is back to being the vibrant young woman she was before the whole dreadful nightmare started.

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At first, the writer believed her daughter's behaviour had changed because Sarah

A was worried about academic success.

B had always been very intelligent

C was having problems at school.

D had just turned sixteen

2 When the writer noticed that Sarah was not eating, she

A thought that this was normal

B decided not to make a fuss about it

C was sure it would get worse

D made Sarah eat her meals alone

3 The writer says that during the summer

A her daughter began to get better

B she continued to remain calm.

C she and Sarah argued a lot.

D she and Sarah stopped speaking

Where did the writer find out eyre about her daughter's problem

A on television

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What alarmed the writer the most

about her daughter's problem!

A it could cause heart problems.

BIt weakens bone tissue.

C It can sometimes be fatal.

D Sarah would need treatment

Getting Sarah to seek professional help

A took several years

Brequired patience.

C was quite easy to do

D led to macant recovery

The writer felt guilty because

A she felt she wasn't a good masher

Bshe knew the condition was all her laus

C she had been tou tough on her daughter

D her daughter was never the same again

How did the writer's attitude change

during the time of the events!

A She felt road by her daughter Shabe more aware about the problems

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