My Messy Life

Most of the articles and awareness you see about eating disorder has quite a high focus on the physical effects of the illness.  But eating disorders are so much more than that. This is just my personal experience, but here are some of the effects I have had that aren't "just" physical. Social Life Prior to my eating disorder, though I don't particularly enjoy social situations, I had a group of really close friends who made me feel comfortable enough to be social with. My eating disorder changed all that. I found that especially being a teenager that people distanced themselves, they couldn't understand why I was saying no to things... I was alienated. Then add to that the fear of events surrounding food or being out of routine, and socialising became pretty much impossible. Even that which was possible became a huge event, needing days (or weeks) of planning beforehand. It is really quite isolating having an eating disorder. Finances This is a big one we need to...

Dear World, We are tired of living in a world obsessed with dieting, We are tired of living in a world obsessed with body image, We are tired of services not being funded properly, We are tired of being a second thought for "ob*sity policies", We are tired of being seen as "acceptable collateral", We are tired of being faced with our triggers every day by a society that doesn't care, We are tired of people seeing "eating disorders" as only Anorexia and only someone who is underweight, We are tired of being told it is our responsibility to not be triggered when we are sick, We are tired of the Government doing everything it can to harm us, and nothing at all to help, We are tired of losing our friends, our peers and amazing lives unnecessarily and too young, We are tired of weight stigma being entrenched in healthcare and even eating disorders care, We are tired of being seen as a BMI rather than a person with unique needs, We are tired of being told ...