eating disorder
Having been forced to disclose her eating disorder status, Morgan was now at their mercy in order to graduate from Vanguard University.
Read...The main argument against having more open conversations about anorexia is that one person’s recovery memoir is another girl’s manual.
Read...I will not be posting any victory selfies after races until I'm willing to tell the full story about my running and how I use it to aid and abet my disordered eating.
Read...Eating disorder recovery isn’t magic — at least, not at first. It’s so normal for your brain to try and justify adopting another rule-ridden lifestyle.
Read...If you wake up and you’re thinking about dinner, and it’s not because you forgot to thaw out the pot roast, you have a problem.
Read...The thing about exercise is, it doesn't present like an illness. Neither does dramatic weight loss. Suffering is revered. Pain is praised. The more I endured, the more I was. Marathon training, riding my bike 10 miles a day, lifting weights for 45 minutes, running the stairs at work: I was "dedicated."
Read...I want to talk about invisible illness. I want to talk about thin privilege. I want to talk about chronic illness and self-image and society’s perceptions and how all of these things intersect.
Read...So what’s the difference between dieting and eating disorders? Not much. It all depends on how obsessive you are with it, and how much mental and emotional space it takes up in our minds. Like most things, eating disorders exist on a spectrum.
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