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18 Inspiring NEDAwareness Messages of Hope and Recovery from Our Community

This past National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAwareness) was centered on raising awareness and showing that eating disorders can affect anyone, anywhere. Last week, NEDA asked people to speak out about eating disorders and show that…

Weight Stigma and Dieting Almost Killed Me: A Story From My Childhood

Binge Eating Disorder, Recovery, Weight Stigma

For many people, dieting begins with a promise of a new life with better health and a feeling of euphoric lightness. We learn implicitly and explicitly that we are more desirable when thin and that our lifestyle should be directed toward keeping…

Supporting Athletes in Eating Disorder Recovery Through Change

Athletes, Recovery

To an athlete, an injury or illness, change in coach, or retirement from sport may feel like a traumatic event. These are three factors in which the athlete has the potential to go off the grid from their usual support systems: teammates, coaches,…

Sexual Assault, Yoga, and My Body

Recovery, Trauma

The #MeToo movement—originally started by social activist Tarana Burke in the 1990s—was the story of 2017. Fueled by a moment in which women were coming forward to tell their stories of assault and abuse by men in power—and seeing those…

No One Believed I Could Have an Eating Disorder in a Fat Body

Activism, Body Image, Recovery, Weight Stigma

When I started @iamdaniadriana five years ago, I never thought that I would amass nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram. My dream when I started @iamdaniadriana was to give a voice to those who have felt marginalized from the eating disorder…

Men Struggle, Too: My Journey with Binge Eating Disorder

Binge Eating Disorder, Men, Recovery

Waking up at 2am thinking about food. Surfing the internet at work, looking up new recipes when you have a deadline coming up. Planning and stopping at fast food restaurants between every meal. This isn’t a buildup to a funny meme about…

Seattle Mariners Catcher Mike Marjama Has a Message for Men Struggling with Eating Disorders

Athletes, Bulimia, Men, Recovery

Mike Marjama currently has a successful career as an American baseball catcher for the Seattle Mariners, but he once struggled with an eating disorder that threatened his ability to play the sport he loves. As a teen, Marjama attended Granite…

A Professional Relapse

Recovery

I began my career as a psychotherapist when I was 24 years old. I was not yet a year out of graduate school. I was eager, ambitious, and ready to start this next chapter in my life. And like many social work graduates, I had grand plans to save…

Comorbidity is Real: My Struggle With an Eating Disorder and Alcoholism

Recovery

As we all know, attending college can be a pain, but attending college with an eating disorder? Don’t even get me started. I struggled with anorexia and bulimia for years and went through treatment. I thought my journey through treatment would…

5 Things I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me in Recovery from Anorexia

Recovery

I know how anorexia makes you feel. You think she is your best friend; you think she can solve everything. She holds you in the night when you feel alone. She walks down the road with you reassuring you that you are valued. She teaches you how…

Recovery

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