Eleven years ago this week, I was admitted to an eating disorder hospital for my third inpatient admission. I had become what you would call a revolving door patient. So why would this eating disorder inpatient admission be any different? It very nearly wasn’t. Rather than helping me to progress towards eating disorder recovery, the …
Before I start I had been terrified about starting my new job. For weeks, I was filled self doubt and convinced that I couldn’t do it. I wanted to pull out and stick with the safety of my current life as I knew it. That was the easy option. But I also knew that if …
I feel like I always have to be productive. It is a pressure I put on myself. For me, being productive involves working towards things that I want to achieve. If I am not working towards my dreams, then I am not being productive. I feel guilty if I believe that I haven’t been productive. …
It is Mental Health Awareness Week. Therefore, I thought I would share some comments that I have received on my YouTube channel to highlight how there is still such a lack of understanding of eating disorders. These inappropriate and hurtful comments about people with eating disorders demonstrate how there is such a long way to …
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I am privileged to welcome International bestselling author Lizzie Chantree onto my blog to share her new book release – Shh…It’s Our Secret. The book is released on 6th May 2021 and it is an inspiring book about growing in confidence and finding your voice. Lizzie started her own business at the age of 18 …
Five unusual facts about living with anorexia that most people don’t realise. There is a lot that people don’t know about anorexia. Some will know the more well-known side effects such as hair loss, osteoporosis, and feeling cold. But there is so much that people don’t realise. Anorexia effects every part of someone’s life and …
I am just going to put it out there – I am scared of lockdown ending and life going back to normal. Early last year I was desperate for Covid to disappear and life to go back to how it was. The tragic loss of lives was terrifying, and the fact mine and everyone else’s …
I have seen a lot on social media recently about “Full in Recovery”. That supposedly meaning throwing yourself completely into full on eating disorder recovery and committing 100% to total recovery. Great if that works for you. But it won’t work for everybody. And I think portraying “Full in recovery” as the best option for …
Follow my blog with Bloglovin It is 4am and I have not been to sleep yet. I have to get up in less than three hours to go to work. I roll over in my bed in the hope that at some point soon, I will fall asleep. This is a daily situation for me …
There is often stigma around medication for mental illness. If the doctor prescribed you antibioitics for an infection, many people would not have any reluctance to take them, or talk about the fact that they were taking them. But medication for mental illness is often, for some reason, thought of differently. People can feel reluctant …