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Trigger Warning: Body Image, Eating Disorders, Body Dysmorphia
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My Mother's Daughter
I watched my mom hate herself and learned how to hate myself too.
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Quarantine and it's Affect on Eating Disorders
Those who suffer from eating disorders are being put under more stress than usual due to the quarantine. “Staying at home has made it...
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Why We Fear Our Bodies
While gorgeous celebrities’ red carpet photos and thigh gaps certainly don’t help, any woman understands that the path towards fearing our bodies starts much earlier, and much more subtly.
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NEDA WEEK 2020
After writing my first article about my struggles with an eating disorder, I had no intention of writing another one; I thought I had...
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Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention Tips
A new study from the National Center for Health Statistics found that 37.6% of teens ages 16-19 have tried to lose weight in the past year...
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Sending Love To Everyone Who Has Struggled with Diet Culture and Body Image
Trigger Warning: Sensitive Topics for Some Audiences Dear Fifteen-Year-Old Me (And Everyone Else Who Has Ever Dealt With This), Don’t...
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Ways to Promote Body Positivity on Campus
With the last week of February being National Eating Disorders Awareness Week and in collaboration with Seeds of Hope , here are tips to...
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Looking Glass: A Poem
How do you see yourself?
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How are you and food today?
I thought this week I had nothing to write about. For once in my life, I thought that I had nothing to say, but that’s not true. It’s...
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How to Have a Healthy Relationship with Food
Living at college has altered my diet in several ways. What I eat daily has shifted throughout all four years of university, and it has...
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How Weightlifting Helped Me Recover from My Eating Disorder
A common misconception about eating disorders is that everyone who has them must be debilitatingly thin, recluse, and in treatment. Eating...
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Taylor Swift Opens Up About Her Eating Disorder
In case you missed it, Taylor Swift has a Netflix documentary titled “Miss Americana". In the film, Swift opens up her world to the viewers...
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Have a Healthy Dialogue about Eating Disorders with These 5 Tips
In today's society, eating disorders are a major concern. At least 30 million people in the U.S struggle with some sort of disordered...
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Call Me, Miss Americana
“But I am actually really happy. Because I pick and choose now, for the most part, what I care deeply about. And I think that’s made a huge difference.”
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The Glamorization of Eating Disorders in Media
We all know that iconic scene from the titular British TV show, “Skins”, where the eccentric Cassie shows Sid how she gets away with not...
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Why I Stopped Writing About My Eating Disorder
When I was a sophomore in high school, I developed anorexia. It started out as a New Year’s Resolution to lose weight and then snowballed...
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The Most Unhappy Time of the Year: Holidays and Eating Disorders
The holidays are a time to focus on friends, family, thankfulness, and – in most houses – food. Holiday meals can last for hours with...
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#TurkeyTalk: Thanksgiving in the Eyes of an Eating Disorder
Feeling stuffed on Thanksgiving isn't always a satisfying feeling.
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How to Support Loved Ones with Eating Disorders at Thanksgiving
At least 30 million people in the U.S. struggle with an eating disorder, and for most of them, Thanksgiving is one of the hardest times of...
