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advocacy Don’t settle for a part-life with an eating disorder

Don’t settle for a part-life with an eating disorder

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Living a part-life with an eating disorder (ED) is like spending half your life in prison – without committing a crime. The picture that accompanies this story was taken the day my daughter celebrated her 21st birthday. I was 46 years old and an inpatient at a private mental health...

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June's Writing Clan Why I write – the Sunshine Girl

Why I write – the Sunshine Girl

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We have progressed a long way in mental health recognition since the 1940s. My message is that our mental health is something to embrace and speak openly about, rather than hide in shame. The Spot Cafe in Portland, a coastal town in Victoria, Australia, was bustling with people, mainly locals....

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Eating Disorders The Role of Faith in Recovery: A Personal Journey

The Role of Faith in Recovery: A Personal Journey

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Theodicy. The word flashed across my mind as I sat motionless among my fellow clients at my first eating disorder treatment center. Three years prior, I had written my final college essay on this term, seeking to answer the universal question, “Where is God in suffering?”  My thoughts actively searched...

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Eating Disorders An Enduring Relationship: the Patient and the Therapist Who Does Not Give Up

An Enduring Relationship: the Patient and the Therapist Who Does Not Give Up

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 I was thirty-two, suicidal, and trapped in a self-destruction spiral when I met the psychiatrist who would save my life. I had developed anorexia nervosa at age eleven and the illness was embedded in my brain. ‘Prof’, as I called him, won my trust, saved my life. My therapy had...

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Binge eat? A self-help guide for sufferers and carers

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If you binge eat or have bulimia, this new book will help you map your way to freedom: AED Forum Newsletter, Book Review Corner Peter Doyle, AED Book Reviewer Getting Better Bite by Bite: A Survival Kit for Sufferers of Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorders (Second Edition) by Ulrike Schmidt, Janet...

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