Eating Disorders

We turn skeletons into goddesses and look to them as if they might teach us how not to need - Marya Hornbacher, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia

Eating Disorders

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Overcoming My Eating Disorder Was The Beginning Of A New Life


The person I am talking about is myself. Everyone is not the same, but I would like to think that when others read this, people will take comfort in the single fact: they are not alone. It allows people to believe that it does not matter the amount of pain and loss you feel because for every downfall, there is always a bright spot.

My journey started in the summer of grade ten. I began to work out and started eating healthy because I just didn't like who I was becoming or how I looked. On the first month, I lost five pounds. I continued to lose weight and people noticed. I was getting complimented left and right on how much weight I was losing.

What people didn't…

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 Overcoming My Eating Disorder Was The Beginning Of A New Life

I have beaten my disorder, and I know there are others like me out there. I just want them to know that they aren't alone. If I can do it so can they.

5 Misconceptions About Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are more than just "extreme dieting," they are psychological disorders that stem from complex underlying issues. There are many stereotypes and myths surrounding eating disorders, and the resulting stigma can make it more difficult for those affected to seek treatment.

Beat

Beat provides helplines, online support and a network of UK-wide self-help groups to help adults and young people in the UK beat their eating disorders.

Mirror Mirror

If you’re looking for eating disorder help, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll tell you how to find the eating disorder treatment you need, try to answer all your questions and provide you with all the eating disorders information you need, including some relevant eating disorder statistics that may shock you. We want you to be fully informed so you can begin the recovery process.

Project HEAL

Project HEAL: Help to Eat, Accept and Live is the largest nonprofit in the U.S. delivering prevention, treatment financing, and recovery support for people suffering from eating disorders.

WithAll

We are a nonprofit working with individuals and partners to empower eating disorder prevention and strengthen support for recovery, providing simple and accessible tools that help people act. Whether on proactive paths or in crisis moments, we provide services and resources to help all create and recover health.

Within

Modern. Convenient. Clinically-Superior. We work with individuals suffering with every form of eating disorder, everywhere, in every body.

Eating Disorder Hope

Eating Disorder Hope’s mission is to offer hope, information, and resources to individual eating disorder sufferers, their family members, and treatment providers. The organization began with the help and advice of colleagues, professors, and other organizations specializing in eating disorders.

Eating Disorders Resource Center

The mission of Eating Disorders Resource Center (EDRC) is to increase awareness and understanding of eating disorders for the general public and for health professionals; to promote early diagnosis, effective treatment, and recovery; and to advocate for mental health parity legislation and effective insurance coverage.

EDReferral.com

Links and referrals to resources for eating disorders.

International Journal of Eating Disorders

IJED’s mission is to advance the scientific knowledge needed for understanding, treating, and preventing eating disorders. The journal achieves its mission by publishing rigorously evaluated, high-quality manuscripts for distribution through print and electronic platforms to an international readership of health professionals, scientists, and advocates.

National Centre for Eating Disorders

The National Centre For Eating Disorders, established in 1984, is an independent organisation set up to provide solutions for all eating problems, compulsive or "binge" eating, failed or "yo-yo" dieting, bulimia and anorexia.

National Eating Disorders Association

The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders. NEDA supports individuals and families affected by eating disorders, and serves as a catalyst for prevention, cures and access to quality care.

Science of Eating Disorders

Making sense of the latest findings in eating disorders research.

The Eating Disorder Institute

The Eating Disorder Institute is a space of applied science—the research is synthesized and evaluated with complete transparency so that you can make some decisions for yourself. The Eating Disorder Institute is an utterly independent organization with no sponsorship, funding or financial conflicts-of-interest.

Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders

ANRED...Numerous articles with definitions, symptoms, treatments, causes and more.

Mirasol Recovery Centers

Integrative Treatment for Anorexia, Bulimia and Binge Eating Disorders.

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders

ANAD... seeks to prevent and alleviate the problems of eating disorders, especially including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder.

American Psychological Association

Almost everyone worries about their weight occasionally. People with eating disorders take such concerns to extremes. Learn more about eating disorders and how psychologists treat them.

FamilyDoctor

Definitions, warning signs and resources for eating disorders.

MentalHelp.net

Basic information and numerous resources for eating disorders.

National Institute of Mental Health

Definitions, symptoms,treatments and information.

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