Madeleine West reveals her crippling battle with anorexia trends now
Former Neighbours star Madeleine West has spoken for the first time about her battle with anorexia, after revealing she was the victim of childhood sexual abuse.
Speaking to Stellar magazine this week, the 42-year-old said the trauma of being abused caused her to become obsessed with looking 'perfect' - a task that was both 'punishing' and never ending.
'For every sexually abused person, what has happened to them will manifest in their life in some self-destructive behaviour,' she told the publication.
Former Neighbours star Madeleine West, 42, has spoken for the first time about her battle with anorexia, after revealing she was the victim of childhood sexual abuse
'They are never, ever to blame. What happened to them is a cross to bear.'
West revealed that in her early teens, not long after the abuse stopped, she developed anorexia as a coping mechanism.
'My autonomy over my body had been snatched away, so to demonstrate I had some control over it I denied that most simple desire: hunger,' West explains.
West revealed that in her early teens, not long after the abuse stopped, she developed anorexia as a coping mechanism
'I just wouldn't eat, then over-exercised. Pain and hunger made me feel something, because I had become accustomed to operating in a state of utter numbness.'
It comes weeks after the mother-of-six claimed she was regularly abused by a 'monster' who lived in the town where she grew up.
She told The Sun of the alleged abuse: 'This monster ruined my life. I've come out the other side, yes a survivor but happy to own the title of victim.
My autonomy over my body had been snatched away, so to demonstrate I had some control over it I denied that most simple desire: hunger,' West explains
'Justice can be achieved. It was never, and never will be, your fault, you are not to blame.'
'I'm now seeking justice. Anyone out there who is posting, watching or
