Laura from “Eating With Your Anorexic” posted something the other day, that I just HAD to comment on:
Something new is happening in eating disorders. The voice of eating disorder patients is less stereotyped, more empowered, and less victimized. Why? I attribute the changes to two separate but interacting elements: the cross-pollination of the Internet, and the shifting narratives of the treatment community.
Before the Internet, our exposure to literature about eating disorders was limited to the few books that happened to be on the bookstore shelves that year and the occasional …

You know what? I don’t want to be friends, either. Oddly enough, the professionals I like are the ones who make my eating disorder angry. I respect them and trust them more since they’re not compromising with my eating disorder. And there are lots of times that I complain, don’t follow their recommendations, and am generally pissed off — but I still like them.

Laura Collins raised a GREAT question today — Does (mom’s) size matter? While I have a lot to say about the matter, two main points come to mind:
1. Mothers with eating disorders
I think that your mother’s weight and behaviors surrounding food are much more relevant in recovery than in the downward eating disorder spiral. Parents model for their kids — I’d argue that this is even true for adult kids (adult kids, ha — you know what I mean). While I think that the eating habits of …

I am officially the LAST person to blog about this study, but my thoughts seem to be pointed in a different from the other posts that I’ve read.
The Psych Central article, “Half of Young Adults Have Mental Disorder,” states the following:
“A total of 45.8 percent of college students and 47.7 percent of young adults not in college met the criteria for at least one psychiatric disorder.
The most common disorders in college students were alcohol use disorders (20.4 percent) and personality disorders (17.7 percent), whereas those not in college most frequently …

While it may have just been a “thought experiment,” it was great to read this post from Laura Collins. As I mentioned in my Dr. Drew entry, I think that eating disorder recovery and long-term maintenance needs to be taken as seriously as other addictions. Using even once isn’t okay… so why is losing a pound?
I think that cutting corners signifies a change in mindset. It doesn’t matter if you’re still technically eating a normal amount of calories… if you’re not following your meal plan, you’re restricting. …

One of these days, I will start a “Grey’s take on the Maudsley Method” series. Not because I think that it’s wrong or right, but just because I think it’s really interesting and have a lot to say about it.
In the meantime though, I want to highlight a quote from Laura Collins’ article, “The size of the trigger or the speed of the bullet?”
An eating disorder is not a sign of deep wounds, but some people do have deep wounds, and it makes recovery harder.
I’m curious — this this …