Mindfulness-Based Interventions That Helped Me Recover

For years, shame and embarrassment kept me silent throughout college and into the early stages of my professional career. I was also deeply in denial. Seeking specialized treatment or seeing an eating disorder therapist would have required me to acknowledge that this was real—and I wasn’t ready for that truth.

My Worst Best Friend: The Truth About Bulimia Nervosa and Trauma 

My eyes kept drifting to the clock. Time was ticking, and my window was closing. That was my routine: eat, watch the minutes pass, look for an exit so I could purge. Bulimia owned me; my schedule, my thoughts, my feelings.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Eating Disorders: When the Line Is Blurred

Concerns about appearance are almost universal. Yet when these concerns become persistent, distressing, and life-limiting, they may signal an underlying eating disorder (ED), body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), or often, both.