Tips That Helped Me in Eating Disorder Recovery
Not long ago, a question bubbled to the surface of my brain: if my body could speak, would she forgive me?
Topic: eating disorder
Me Versus Depression: When Battling Mental Illness Requires Superpowers
I’m aware that this isn’t me, that this seemingly all-encompassing sadness is more of a leaching villain than the toxic-yet-comforting friend I initially saw it as. And if you know me, then you know how much I love a good superhero story.
Running with Shame: How I Reclaimed Movement
Movement is so much more than a weapon of shame and my story is proof that it can be rewired.
Four Lessons I Learned Recovering From Anorexia
In my ten years and counting, I’ve gathered some harsh, but hopefully beyond that, wise lessons. Lessons I think will help you, no matter where you are in your recovery.
I Will Rise Again
I wish I could say that after 3 years and 4 treatment centers, I’m completely recovered. I mean, I could say that. It just wouldn’t be the truth.
To My Monster: You Do Not Decide
You are not my good days, and I am not my bad days. You are not my existence.
When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny: The Short Film
I wrote “When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny” because I was frustrated. I was frustrated because I was starving myself and all anybody could say to me was how amazing I looked now. How inspiring my rapid weight loss was to them.
Letters
Allow this to be my letter to you, an open invitation for you to use that voice to ask for the help you need and deserve. This is my shout into the void telling you that you are enough. Not too little, not too much. You are so fantastically, spectacularly enough.
Your Body is Not a Problem
I assumed that happiness and acceptance of myself and my body could only be achieved if I “fixed” myself to the standards I was seeing.
Eating Disorders Are Not Gender Specific
The one thing I had never heard about being a guy with an eating disorder is that you can be a guy with an eating disorder.
Why I Want You to Move for Something That Matters
I am devoted to my spiritual, physical, and emotional health and development. And yet…I almost gave it all up. I once silenced these convictions that drive me to action because I couldn’t bear the heaviness of everything I felt.
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