I have a lot of weaknesses, shoes, tabloid magazines, the dollar bins at Target, and kettle corn. I can’t seem to get enough of it, and for some reason once I start can’t stop eating it. Thank God for snack bags otherwise I would be in trouble. I am usually a very polite eater but [...]
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Raising Eating Disorder Awareness Starts at Home
While eating disorders get a lot of national attention, especially with the new interest in mental disorders brought on by television shows like Hoarders, What’s Eating You? and My Strange Addiction, on the small scale, treatment and education starts at home, not on television. A group of women in North Carolina have come together and [...]
FIGHT CLUB—THIS IS YOUR LIFE!
Anger….it has caused people to commit “homicide”, it has ignited “world wars”, and even inspired a game about frustrated tiny red birds. Some people let it out, some people hold it in…and some people, people like me turned it on myself. I spent most of my life angry at the “dys” my family put in the [...]
Would A Donut By Any Other Name Taste As Sweet?
I have spent a good portion of my life “Counting Calories”. I didn’t know when I developed Anorexia that it would come with a degree in Nutrition. In fact I think that I should have gotten some sort of Honorary diploma for that. When you become obsessed with what you put and don’t put in your mouth you take it seriously. I could look at anything from a tablespoon of Peanut Butter to a Bean Sprout and tell you how many…
Smokin’ In The Boys Room…In This Case Meat
This past week, I have been entertaining a lot of boys. Well by boys, I mean my best friend/roommate’s brother and his best friend who just came back from serving in Afghanistan. Now I have no problem with boys, in fact I happen to like them very much. That being said it has been an eye-opening experience in all that is spitting, belching, and toilet seats being left up! I also have been in awe of the way they cook, chew…and EAT!
Night-Eating Syndrome
Amongst the general population, there is a growing awareness of the most commonly occurring eating disorders: anorexia, bulimia and compulsive overeating disorder. Despite this increased familiarity with the names and even the symptoms of these disorders, most people lack a genuine understanding of what it means to be an eating disordered individual. Whether it is the erroneous notion that anorexia…
‘Til Death Or Eating Disorder Do Us Part
To find someone you love is quite lucky. To find somebody you want to walk down the aisle with and spend the rest of your life with is even better. Marriage has its challenges, ask any of my married friends. The Statistics say that fifty percent of marriages now end in divorce. The reasons are pretty much across the board with the obvious ones being infidelity, finances, and boredom. However there is a hidden reason that marriages can also crumble…
Regaining Control
Underlying every eating disorder such as anorexia, bulimia or compulsive overeating disorder is the issue of control. Those suffering with these complex disorders, comprising both core emotional and psychological issues along with physiological problems generally develop their eating disorders as a coping mechanism to obtain a feeling of control when other aspects of their lives become chaotic…
Am I a Compulsive Overeater?
Food and how we consume it is associated with a considerable range of situations in our lives. Whether we are sitting down to the family dinner, attending a social function of grabbing a meal on the go, how we relate to food can say a lot about who we are and what we are feeling.