Tag Archives: males and eating disorders

NEDA Week 2012: Everybody Knows Somebody (Part 2)

March 5, 2012 / by / Surviving ED

I struggled not to cry as each picture, depicting life and love and happiness, flashed on the screen during Thursday night’s National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week presentation. I thought about all the people I know who are struggling with … Continue reading →

Eating Disorders Can — and Do — Kill

February 2, 2012 / by / Surviving ED

On Friday, my psychiatrist told me that a fellow eating disorders patient recently died. To say I was stunned would be an understatement.

The Many Faces of Eating Disorders

October 29, 2011 / by / Surviving ED

You cannot always tell a person has an eating disorder simply by looking at him or her. I stressed that because one of the most common and enduring myths about eating disorders is that the person must be young, female, … Continue reading →

NEDA Week 2011: “It’s Time to Talk About It”

February 18, 2011 / by / Surviving ED

National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2011 starts this Sunday. This year’s theme is “It’s Time to Talk About It.” Talking about it means dispelling the myths surrounding eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa is not just an illness of upper middle-class and … Continue reading →