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For men, it’s just not “cool” to have an eating disorder.
I mean, it’s not exactly hip for gals, either, but when you hear of a female with an ED, you are more apt to think, “Oh, I’m not surprised.”
But a guy… well, that’s just unusual.
According to the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), there are an […]
If you’re not from the “world” of eating disorders, you might think that all disordered eaters treat one another the same.
Not so.
You see, like any other “clique”, those with EDs have a caste system, a heirarchy of sorts. It’s not usually discussed, but it definitely exists.
Allow me to explain (and feel free to let me […]
December 14, 2002, I received a delicious surprise. It came in the form of a positive pregnancy test.
I was elated.
I was amazed.
I was scared poopless.
As someone who had anorexia and EDNOS problems for over a decade, I just knew that being “with child” would open the door for Ana to move back into my life. […]
I only wish this were a joke.
On the web, there are underground programs and “schools” (loosely defined) of pro-ana and pro-mia supporters that, in essence, claim to help and support the anorexic, bulimic or EDNOS sufferer who does not want to get better.
Yes, these “thinstitutes” (my word) of ana/mia education are available. And many of them […]
This is fascinating news — a family in Canada claims that their son’s anorexia came about as the direct result of bullying by his peers.
According to an article published in Ontario’s Chatham Daily Times this morning, the elementary-school aged boy was taunted by peers about his weight. He found old food in his desk, pieces of his lunches were stolen […]
I recently read a blog post where the author lamented he had forgotten to eat.
Forgotten?
Really?
Honestly, even when I wasn’t eating (as in anorexic or, at other times, EDNOS), I never forgot about food. I might have been restricting, but the thought of food never left my mind.
Incidentally, I just ate something right before I typed […]
I haven’t written any poetry for a little while, and was inspired today to pen my thoughts about Ana, the mythical “friend” to anorexics (and those suffering from EDNOS and bulimia, too, in some cases.)
I must alert you that this poem is quite rough. It’s actually kind of lousy. So I’d like to request your […]
Happy National Eating Disorders Awareness Week! From February 24 - March 1, plenty of bloggers, media personnel and ED education and awareness advocates will be talking about anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, EDNOS and everything in between.
Without a doubt, it’s exciting and it’s wonderful to be living in an age where EDs are “out of […]
EDNOS.
It sounds like the name of some futuristic robot created by the brilliant scientists at NASA. And who knows? Perhaps it’s an acronym used in space land… but for those dealing with eating disorders, it has a different meaning:
Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.
You see, medicine and psychology haven’t quite pinpointed all EDs. Not only are […]
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