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September 6th, 2008

Does the threat of dying young motivate you to get better?

In August, a post I wrote about whether or not death was a motivator in recovery soared to the top of the Breaking the Mirror statistics. 
I highly respect the thoughtful comments that it has generated thus far and invite you to contribute to the discussion. 
For example: 

Are you afraid enough of dying to stop your disordered eating ways? 
Does death scare you? 
Do […]

By angelique -- 4 comments

July 2nd, 2008

Anorexia, bulimia and suicide

I’ve long known that eating disorders are associated with high mortality rates; however, it’s only in recent months that I’ve been able to understand exactly why.
You see, I always assumed that it was because anorexics starved themselves to death and bulimics purged their bodies to the point where a heart attack or stroke was inevitable. 
But that’s […]

By angelique -- 1 comment