For the first time EVER, my community eating disorder service has employed a psychiatrist specifically for the eating disorder service. I have been wanting my community eating disorder service to get a specialist eating disorder psychiatrist for years. So I was very pleased to hear that my community service was getting an ED psychiatrist. However, …
When I was 14 years old I went to the doctors. I started my periods when I was 13. By the time I turned 14, they had stopped. So after about six months of not having had a period, my mum insisted that I go to see the doctor. My mum and I sat down …
Many people with anorexia speak about having an anorexic voice in their head. They explain that anorexia speaks to them, and it is this anorexic voice that drives their behaviour. For example, anorexia may be telling them that they’ve eaten too much and they are going to gain lots of weight so eating disorder compensation …
Coping with the post Christmas and New Year period can be tough. In the past, I have really struggled during this time. For me, there was always an overwhelming sense of deflation and sadness. Everything is built up so much and, then all of a sudden, it is all over. From an eating disorder perspective, …
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Thirteen years ago, I was six months in to my first anorexia inpatient admission. I had gone into that admission believing that I would only be there a matter of weeks or, at the worst, a couple of months. My plan had been to go into that eating disorder hospital, do what I had to …
Less than a year ago, if you’d told me that I would go to a restaurant and eat burgers and chips, I’d have said no way. That would be an anorexia recovery food challenge that I would not feel capable of doing. And not only that, but I also would not want to do it. …
Last week when I was walking to work, I crossed the road at a different place than where I normally do. This may seem insignificant to most people, but I am someone who sticks to routine. In the five months that I have been walking that route to work, I have crossed the road at …
I have done a few anorexia recovery challenges and had a few anorexia recovery wins the last couple of weeks. Most of these anorexia recovery challenges and wins were not planned, they just happened. I found myself in some anorexia challenge situations. These could have resulted in me doing my usual, anorexic rule behaviour, or …
Eating disorder food rules. I have developed a lot of anorexia food rules over the years. Some I have challenged and broken. Some I have found quite easy to break whereas some have been very difficult. But there is one particular anorexia food rule that I REALLY struggle to break. I have tried on many …
Anorexia and osteoporosis. Osteoporosis was not a term I had heard of until I became anorexic. When I was diagnosed with anorexia at the age of 19, I was told it was possible I would also have osteoporosis. I had heard other patients in the inpatient unit I was in at the time talk about …