Mastering Summer Break While in ED Recovery: 3 Tips and Strategies
Navigating summer break following a year at college can be daunting, especially if you or someone you love is on the path to recovery from an eating disorder. The shift from a predictable life at college to an unscheduled summer can be disorienting. However, with proper preparation, those in recovery can experience an enjoyable and […]
3 Tips for Working on Separating Yourself From Your Eating Disorder
Eating disorders are incredibly manipulative conditions that play on your emotions. They can feel like an important coping mechanism and a toxic presence simultaneously. Often, eating disorders erode your sense of self and overwhelm your life and identity. When pursuing recovery, it can be challenging to separate yourself from your eating disorder, but it is […]
Regaining Trust in Your Journey Toward Eating Disorder Recovery
Eating disorders can have profound physical, mental, and emotional consequences for those affected. The journey to recovery involves relearning to trust yourself, your intuition, and significant people in your life, such as your therapy team, friends, and family. This process can be a complex challenge but is crucial to lasting recovery from your eating disorder. […]
Four Tips On Using Social Media Mindfully with an Eating Disorder
Social media can be hard to navigate during recovery. We use social media accounts to stay connected in the world today, but how can we make them a safer space during recovery and afterward? With unlimited access to social media, it is essential to acknowledge and minimize exposure to posts that give unrealistic views of […]
Myth or Fact: Nobody Can Love You Until You Love Yourself
“Nobody can love you until you love yourself.” That phrase went viral on the Internet in the early 2010s, and it plagues Pinterest boards and mental health blogs to this day. Disguised as a motivational quote to inspire self-love for those who lack it, this rhetoric often has the opposite effect, especially for those struggling with mental health. Promoting such an idea can be dangerous and detrimental in eating disorder recovery.
Supporting Someone’s Eating Disorder Recovery As A Family Member
Families can play a crucial role in supporting recovery. While eating disorders are by no means a direct reflection of parents’ or siblings’ approach to food, it is necessary to be self-aware about food or movement.
An Argument for Yoga as Part of Eating Disorder Recovery
Beginning eating disorder recovery can be overwhelming. For many, beginning recovery signals an active choice to relearn the body’s cues, often the first thing to go when developing or maintaining an eating disorder. Because of this tendency to see one’s body as an enemy, learning to love your hunger cues, rest cues, energy cues, and discomfort is exhausting. And while there are many components to recovery, yoga has recently been studied for its focus on being present and listening to your body.
Anorexia Nervosa Across Body Types
If someone mentions eating disorders, your brain might automatically envision a white, thin woman with thinning hair, brittle nails, and a pale complexion. Not only has this been the stereotype of what having an eating disorder looks like, but it also acts as the stereotype for anorexia nervosa (AN). Yet, AN affects people from all walks of life. It can present differently across all different bodies, and harmful stereotypes such as these can interfere with the diagnosis of AN.
Eating Disorders in Middle-Aged Adults
The common stereotype that eating disorders exist only among thin, white young females is false. Anyone can experience disordered eating and eating disorders, no matter their size, race, age, or gender. Anyone struggling with eating disorders is just as deserving of proper diagnosis, care, and recovery.
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