Navigating Recovery: The Impact of PTSD on Eating Disorder Recovery
June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) awareness month, and I believe it is important to consider the effect PTSD can have on recovery from an eating disorder. To begin with, battling both an eating disorder and trauma simultaneously is definitely not a simple task for those in recovery. In my experience, overcoming trauma and recovering […]
Men with Eating Disorders Are Hiding in Plain Sight
Despite the growing awareness about eating disorders in diverse populations several stubborn myths persist. EDs do not just affect women and girls. In fact, in some age groups the rates of disordered eating and atypical EDs are actually higher in groups of men. Men with EDs, disordered eating and body image distress remain largely invisible […]
Eating Disorders in the LGBTQ+ Community
For many, the thought of eating disorders may exclusively call to mind young, heterosexual, thin, white women. Unfortunately, it is a myth that eating disorders only affect a certain population of people. The reality is that eating disorders affect individuals of all ages, gender identities, sizes, races, and ethnicities. June is Pride Month, a time […]
A Silent Shame
Shame divides us. It isolates us. It’s passed down to us, and we learn to keep it locked away, only for it to fester and invade the places within us where self-esteem, dignity and vulnerability should reside. It hides behind a temper, whispers through comparison, and shouts through cynicism. It makes us bitter and […]
Creating Myself Through Recovery
As June hits, and the glow of the sun rings bright on my skin, I’m reminded of the dark times before I knew what recovery from my eating disorders looked like. Before there was any inkling of what the rays of recovery felt like on my face as I sit here now, bathing in summer’s […]
What Does Recovery Look Like?
A car collision one Friday morning required that I speak to a very astute hospital nurse. This was the first person to notice the anorexia I had been living with. It wouldn’t take long for my family members to also discover my behaviors and, after a little nudging and encouragement, my recovery journey began. But […]
