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advocacy How do I differentiate between Autistic rigidity and anorexia nervosa?

How do I differentiate between Autistic rigidity and anorexia nervosa?

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I am not anorexic. I never was anorexic. I am in recovery from anorexia, which is a parasitic, all-consuming mental condition that sucked the joy out of every aspect of my life like a Dementor*. But even though anorexia controlled most of my life, I never wanted it to be...

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Life Writing Astronauts, ice-cream and eating disorders

Astronauts, ice-cream and eating disorders

Fifty years ago, Man landed on the Moon. As an 18-year-old exchange student studying in the United States at the time, my memory is vivid of this historic moment. My memory is not so much of the grey, grainy, ghostlike outline of men in white spacesuits stepping gingerly out to...

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Eating Disorders Astronauts, ice cream and eating disorders

Astronauts, ice cream and eating disorders

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Fifty years ago, Man landed on the Moon. As an 18-year-old exchange student studying in the United States at the time, my memory is vivid of this historic moment. My memory is not so much of the grey, grainy, ghostlike outline of men in white spacesuits stepping gingerly out to...

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