Tag: addiction

Anorexia When grief, dissociation, keeping busy, addiction and a farewell collide

When grief, dissociation, keeping busy, addiction and a farewell collide

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Dissociation serves a logical purpose, in that it allows me to separate myself and disconnect from the world, escape, and float away. However, I don’t really understand why this happens, apart from the need to detach from reality or situation in order to feel safe and protected. There are many reasons...

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Eating Disorders One Family: Learning from the Substance Use Disorder Community

One Family: Learning from the Substance Use Disorder Community

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I would not be alive today if I hadn’t found peer support for both my eating disorder as well as PTSD. – Jenni Schaefer Light from a bonfire broke through the dark of night. Thunder loomed in the distance as a young man approached a microphone standing in an open Texas...

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Treating the trifecta – trauma, eating disorders and substance use disorder

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By Terry Fassihi WARNING: This post is about three things none of us really like to think about _ the trifecta of trauma, eating disorders and substance use disorder. Why refer to this as a trifecta?  Because they so commonly occur together. Trauma, addiction and eating disorders are interrelated and...

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