I’ll never forget the first time I was looking into eating disorder treatment. I was about 27 and didn’t have a clue what to do. I had denied the fact that I needed help for 5 years, despite that I knew deep down inside I was pretty screwed up. Choosing treatment to me wasn’t based [...]
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Study Shows Eating Disorder Treatment Center Patients More Likely to Have Previously Coped With an Anxiety Disorder
There’s never just one single trigger for an eating disorder. For some, it might be a family history that contributes to the development of anorexia or bulimia. And for others, it might be social, like being part of a competitive sports team or being surrounded by people who focus on appearance. But it’s becoming more [...]
Eating Disorder Treatment May be the Prescription for Overly Picky Eaters
If you think eating disorders are just about anorexia and bulimia, there’s another one to add to the list: neophobia. What might be viewed as just picky eating by some, neophobia or selective eating disorder is characterized by an individual being overly selective when it comes to what they eat. Texture and smell may be [...]
Eating Disordered Behavior and Binge Drinking
The combination of binge drinking and eating disorders is nothing new. In recent years, health professionals have studied the phenomenon of individuals who restrict their caloric intake prior to consuming excessive quantities of alcohol. Not surprisingly, college students represent a significant percentage of individuals engaging in this behavior. The reasons for limiting calories in preparation [...]
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 [...]
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE | Anger and Weight Obsession
I spent my whole life surrounded by anger. My mother was angry at my father; my father was angry at my mother. For three years I lived with a Stepfather who took his rage out on me with his words and with his fists. As a teenager, I was angry at my mother for not [...]
Early Onset Eating Disorders
Eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating disorder are affecting ever younger populations of individuals. Recent studies from around the world indicate a steady increase in the early onset of eating disorders with some children as young as six years old being hospitalized following bouts of binging and purging, laxative abuse and general refusal to eat.
You Can Take The Addict Out Of Life, But You Can’t Take The Life Out Of The Addict
So what happens when Eight people with eating disorders head to a rural Texas treatment center to undergo an intense 42-day program with therapist Tennie McCarty. McCarty uses a tough-love approach and unorthodox methods to help her patients overcome their disorders? DRAMA, DRAMA and wait for it…
Girl Most Likely to Turn Out a Hot Mess…But Go on to Be Quite Fabulous!!
I often sit back and wonder what my life would be like if I hadn’t gotten my eating disorder. I mean, what if I had been given a different name… had different parents… grown up in a completely different environment!! Maybe instead of being in and out over 100 hospitals, destroying my body…
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Anorexia and Bulimia are diseases…you know why?… Because they can kill you!! Just like Cancer… just like Diabetes… just like AIDS, just like any other horrible thing that eats you from the inside out, can make your life a living hell, ravage all the healthy parts of you and leave you fighting for your life!