The key to my healing was my realization that there is no such thing as a willpower problem.
Category: Eating Disorder
5 Ways to Support a Friend Living With Mental Illness
There’s a very BIG difference between supporting someone in a healthy manner, and taking responsibility for there wellbeing.
Mom’s Radical Transformation After Eating Disorder Proves God Can Slay ANY Addiction
"Everything about these two pictures is different, but the biggest change is what happened to me internally."
“My Life Just Became Following the Rules of My Eating Disorder”—Former Miss America Opens Up About Perfection
I will hold myself to a standard of grace, not perfection.
“You Are Beautiful”—13-Year-Old Girls Produce Short Film About the Secret World of Eating Disorders
When they joined the film club at Aspen Academy, these 13-year-old girls had no idea the impact they would make on so many people with the help of a camera.
To My Eating Disorder: Today I Am Saying Goodbye To You
Today, I will write your goodbye letter, not mine. I am still alive and fighting. I am stronger than you and I have won.
9 Things to Know if You Love Someone With an Eating Disorder
Loving someone who struggles with an eating disorder can be difficult. Here's what they want you to know about understanding, loving and caring for them through their journey with ED.
Her PTSD Led Her to Choose Suicide Over Living—“I Could Have Been That Girl”
The message from my illness was clear: GIVE UP.
The Kind of Weight That Matters
I want my life to have weight in this world.
Body Image Isn’t Just Your Battle
"How many times have you groaned and sighed about some part of your body?"
Wonder Why Guys Don’t Have Eating Disorders? Might Wanna Check the Facts…
"Think it’s only girls who get eating disorders? Think again. Boys and men also experience anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders."
These People React to Hearing the Word “Fat”
"We invited people who have struggled with an eating disorder to respond to the word "fat." These are their responses."
I Never Knew This Was a Curse Word Until I Heard Them Say It…
"We invited people who have struggled with an eating disorder to respond to "binge eating." These are their responses."
I Could Use a Little Help, Please…
I had to decide to either reach out take hold of a helping hand or die from my bulimia because I did not want live if this was how my life was going to continue to be.
What We’re Teaching Boys About Being a Man
The perception that eating disorders are still primarily a female disease and issue is still a prevalent misconception in our culture.
Alanis Morissette Opens Up About Life After an Eating Disorder
Alanis dealt with difficulties early in life, and in building this home and embarking on a spiritual journey, she is knocking down walls while building new, healthy boundaries at the same time.
What I Leaned from a Pink Crayon in the Psych Ward
Yesterday, nearly ten years post psych ward, I sat at my dining room table and started to color.