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Eating Disorders in the Military: An Issue That Can No Longer Be Overlooked

Military/Veterans

I have been involved in the eating disorder community for a long time, for I was first diagnosed with an eating disorder when I was in eighth grade. I will not lie, I did not think that I would become as heavily involved as I am now, for after…

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Maternal Mental Health: A Journey Through Motherhood and Eating Disorder Recovery

Pregnancy, Recovery

Happy Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month! This is a much needed spotlight on the mental health for all mamas in any stage of their journey through motherhood. “1 in 5 women experience mental health concerns during pregnancy and…

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Infertility and Eating Disorder Guilt

Pregnancy

“Have you ever had an eating disorder?” the intake nurse asked me. It was an easy enough question, one that I would normally answer, “Yes.” But, on that day, sitting next to my husband in a large fertility clinic on Long Island, I…

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Eating Disorders in Pregnancy

Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a vulnerable period for women with a history of an eating disorder. Pregnant women with an eating disorder may imply feeling increasingly out of control with one’s body and one’s life. Some pregnant women with a history of an…

Eating Disorders & Pregnancy: A Complicated Relationship

Pregnancy

Eating Disorders & Pregnancy: What’s the Relationship? The relationship between eating disorders and pregnancy is complicated. Women with eating disorders are more likely to struggle with infertility and are at an increased risk for…

Blossoming

Pregnancy

I grew up imagining life like most do… get through high school, choose a career path, go back to school, get married, have cute kids, and live happily ever after. Call me old fashion, but that’s how I envisioned it all happening. Fast…

Pregnancy with Disordered Eating

Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a wild time. Not only are you flooded with hormones and opinions, but your body is changing. The body that you have been told to strive for perfection in, will no longer be the one you know. Messages targeted to cis women during…

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The Permission Slip For Pregnancy

Pregnancy

I am a 32 year old female, raised in the millennial generation. This means I should be eligible for compensation from damages received by being subjected to shows such as America's Next Top Model, The Biggest Loser, and pretty much every single…

No Diet Day: Free to be me (you)

Body Image, Special Topics

No Diet Day was started by Mary Evans Young in 1992 and is an annual movement to reject diet culture. NEDA would like to encourage you to consider the impact diet culture has on your relationship with your body and join the movement to practice…

The Dangers of Diet Culture

Body Image, Special Topics

Growing up in the early 2000’s, diet culture was a major part of my life, and played a significant role in the development of my first eating disorder. I still remember when I was little going to weight loss meetings and consults with…

Diet Culture Domino

Body Image, Special Topics

You came into this world A beautiful being How amazing! Only one of you Only one of me Mama wonders about your personality No thoughts of a child hating their body As you grow up, messages pop up on the tv Photoshopped…

Big Questions in Small Moments

Special Topics

Breathe in the unapologetic atmosphere that’s embraced you from the moment you breathed out into the cosmos. Before you strive to make yourself smaller, before you fight to disappear… Who can demand that you do so? Who can declare…

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