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Dispel judgement, debunk the myths and correct the misconceptions you hold about eating disorders.

PSYCHOLOGY AND NUTRITION — How They Depend on each other
INTRODUCTION: To live a full life, we need to fill our stomachs. We can fill our stomachs by eating food. Food is not only a word, it has become an emotion for many people. If there is food before you, you keep seeing it or drooling over it before we start to consume it. In the present scenario, people are becoming foodies by eating the food they desire. Many people are fond of foods that are tasty, yummy to eat. They have their own favorites depending on the place they go. The states of our country are famous for different varieties of food. People say if you are visiting a place try its famous food. As we all know food is essential for our survival as it provides all the required nutrients for our body. Apart from nutritional usage, food is also related to a person’s mood and mental health. A person in any mood if he eats food will become normal. Food has been a friend for humans for a long time. Food is linked to nutritional as well as psychological aspects in a person’s life. There is much research that is being done to understand nutrition’s role in a person’s mental health.
By Sarth Sharma5 years ago in Psyche
I'm Scared I'm Going to Relapse...
I'm scared I'm going to relapse. It's okay, I've told my social worker, my dietician, even a couple close friends. Actually, it's not okay, but you don't need to worry about that. However, I do know that, no matter how hard I will try to make it otherwise, eating disorder- and weight- related content is innately triggering for many people so I will put a loud TRIGGER WARNING here, just in case.
By Cheryl5 years ago in Psyche
The Voice
The snow falls heavily outside when I wake. I hadn’t realised it had gotten so cold outside. I’ve been living each day the same as the one before, struggling to get out of bed and not wanting to eat. The voice tells me not to.
By babiespaceee5 years ago in Psyche
Apple Tree
“Whose pants are those?” “Mine.”I looked down as I said it, the word muffled in the bend of my throat. I pulled up the jeans I had slept in by my belt loops. Beth did not look convinced. She scowled.
By Carly Doyle5 years ago in Psyche
Unskinny Nightmares
The first time I noticed I was chubby was when I was six years old, and the back of my hands were rounded from fat, but my friend's hands looked more like flat spheres. I weighed sixty pounds.
By Denise Willis5 years ago in Psyche
Overcoming an Eating Disorder
There are certain aspects of my life I am readily willing and even happy to share; if I ever do anything embarrassing you know I will be on Twitter right afterward so the world can hear about every time I trip in public or call a professor “Dad”.
By JoEllen Keenan5 years ago in Psyche
Working at an Eating Disorder Facility (the horrible practices they don't want you to know)
When I first graduated college with a bachelor's degree in Psychology, my dream was to work in a mental health facility in order to help people manage their diagnoses. That dream came true. In the Fall of 2020, I worked at an eating disorder location in Northern Virginia and let me tell you, working at a residential facility was not the walk in the park that I had imagined. When I first showed up to this facility, I had hoped that I would be able to start helping the clients immediately. Instead, I was faced with multiple challenges.
By Psyched!5 years ago in Psyche
Sweet Whisper of Cheese Sticks
With the monotony of my at-home 9-5 ringing in my ears and my glazed eyes staring into blue light, I glance at my wrist after feeling the vibration of my Fitbit. Just reminding me to take at least one step this hour. '250 out of 250 steps to go!' it encouraged. And then I heard the sweet whisper of cheese sticks coming from the fridge.
By Abigail Lockhart5 years ago in Psyche
The Confessions of A Secret Eater
A tree remains beautiful, even when it’s time for them to shed their leaves. We remain beautiful, even when our body sheds or gains or droops or tightens. We are beauty, we are trees.
By Munera Yusuf5 years ago in Psyche
A New Start: 2021
Everybody always talks about the new year like it's a magic portal where everything changes, and then they get disappointed when everything is the same as last year. It's the same thing every year, but "new year, new me" takes effort and most people don't do anything to make it come true, this year I'm doing it, let me explain to you how I'm truly getting my fresh start for 2021.
By Chloe Noel5 years ago in Psyche
How It Started
This story talks about anorexia, if you are not comfortable with the subject please read with caution or exit this story.
By Chloe Noel5 years ago in Psyche
Inside the Mind
I have been diagnosed with anorexia for six months, after struggling with my eating for five years and it is the hardest thing that I have to go through in my life. I never thought it would get this bad, but it has and it has been extremely hard to through recovery. Everyone in my life acts like it is something that will go away overnight but it is really not that easy, especially with all of the things that cross my mind everyday. Everything written below is how I feel everyday, just to show you what its is like. For some context, I am five foot tall and i have extreme emetophobia which is the fear of vomiting.
By Chloe Noel5 years ago in Psyche