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Everything Must Go

Everything Must Go

This afternoon, my husband and I went and saw the movie “Everything Must Go.”  In general, I’m not much of a movie watcher.  It’s funny how I can watch a House marathon all day, but run out of patience about 2/3rds of the way through a film.  Anyway, when I heard the movie had Will...
Maybe it was the '00's.

Maybe it was the ’00′s.

I re-watched Girl, interrupted the other day.  When I first saw the movie, I was in high school had just gotten home from my first ED inpatient stay.  The film actually made me homesick for the treatment center and all the girls there.  I was amazed at how well the directors portrayed the relationships and...

Blogging: 2 units

From the movie “About a Boy”: Will: I find the key is to think of a day as units of time, each unit consisting of no more than thirty minutes. Full hours can be a little bit intimidating and most activities take about half an hour. Taking a bath: one unit, watching countdown: one unit,...
Intuitive eating in eating disorders?

Intuitive eating in eating disorders?

For the first 5 years of my treatment, I kept a food log. Yes, I have a record of everything that I ate for 5 years… which is now completely useless, but at the time I thought it was a helpful tool. I counted exchanges (rather than calories), drew pictures to illustrate my days, and...