I was driving to work today, and I saw something that gave me a quick flashback of my childhood. It was a station wagon, and in the back were 3 little girls. My two younger sisters and I spent more time in the back of my Mom’s Blue Ford Station wagon then I can remember. [...]
EATING DISORDERS…..I’M NOT SPOILED YOU ARE JUST VERY ACCOMMODATING.
One of the reasons I was able to go on living with Anorexia and Bulimia for so long, has something to do with me not wanting to get better, but I also believe it was because I was allowed to get away with not getting better. Every single time I would mess up, no [...]
FATHERS AND EATING DISORDERS……DYING FOR MY DADDY
Anybody knows they can ask me just about anything, and that I seem to have an awful lot to say about everything. There is however one thing I very seldom talk about, and I don’t know whether it’s because I am numb to it, or because every time I think about it, it causes me to sit in dark places and [...]
EATING DISORDER RECOVERY–I BELIEVE
I believe Some people think you have to go that extra mile to be a nice person. Not really, it’s actually very simple to show some respect. It doesn’t take super-natural powers to not be judgmental and lovely and last time I checked you don’t have to take four years of college to earn a [...]
ANOREXIA AND DATING: LOVE IS BLIND AND SHE HAS LOTS OF BAGGAGE
Dating and Anorexia I have no problem telling people I am in recovery for an eating disorder. I mean for goodness sake, I put my whole story in the middle of the fishbowl a very long time ago. Google my name and you can see the ugly, the bad, and all the sad. I have [...]
Your Family Tree Can Reveal Your Risk for Eating Disorders
When patients look at their family medical histories, the first thing they probably look for is diabetes, cancer or heart disease. It’s true that those health issues can show up in family histories, but they’re not the only things that you can be looking for. Eating disorders can be linked genetically just like heart disease [...]
EATING DISORDERS TREATMENT: LEAN ON ME
There is a lot to be said about having many acquaintances,but only having a few very good friends. I’m not talking about all your friends on Facebook, or should I simply say all those strangers you have never met. I’m talking about the ones that as my grandfather used to put it in baseball terms, the ones [...]
EATING DISORDERS AND PREGNANCY-RELATED DEPRESSION
The experience of pregnancy varies from woman-to-woman. Bringing a new life into the world is a major life-changing experience; both physically and emotionally. For many women, their changing bodies, increased weight and altered hormone levels are a source of fascination, concern and even anxiety. Ideally, mothers-to-be will take better care of themselves to ensure the [...]
Mama Said Knock You Out
My parents made the Sopranos look like the Cleavers. If my father wasn’t slamming the door as he sped off in his car, my mother was taking all of his clothes and burning them in the fireplace, or breaking into his place of business and doing her own CSI investigation on his bank statements.
Despicable Me!
I couldn’t do math to save my life, but I love to surprise people, do special things for them, and be there for them through thick and thin. I can engage somebody in a conversation for hours just based off personal experiences in my life, most of which are nothing less then an “I love Lucy episode”