The tumultuous nature of an eating disorder is a tornado – decimating everything it touches. Unfortunately, dear reader, you may be in the eye of the storm. Watching the turbulent winds uproot your family, your friends, your relationships, your school, your job, your entire life. You want it to stop, and when it does, you [...]
Russell Brand, in his book Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions, writes “in your life you’ve faced obstacles, inner and outer, that have prevented you from becoming the person you were ‘meant to be’ or ‘are capable of being’ and that is what we are going to recover. That’s why we call this process Recovery. We [...]
Contributor: Jessica Steinbach MPH, RD at Montecatini Eating Disorder Treatment Center Co-occurring disorders are often addressed in eating disorder treatment at every level. Dietitians, therapists, and other members of the treatment team work to recognize how the complexity of each individual case plays into eating disorder behaviors and the presence of disordered eating. Some co-occurring [...]
After what could easily be over a ten year battle with food, for the first time in my life, I finally feel at peace in eating disorder recovery. That doesn’t mean I have stopped, even for one second, thinking about food. Even as I type, thinking isn’t the right word. I am not just thinking [...]
It is a long journey to even acknowledge the need for residential eating disorder treatment. To refer to a now-famous Lord of the Rings quote and meme, “one does not simply walk into residential eating disorder treatment.” Much like the journey this quote originally referenced, it is a daunting task to find a treatment center that [...]
Contributor: Staff at McCallum Place Eating disorders can cause individuals to experience a range of symptoms that can interfere with their ability to function. While many eating disorder symptoms are the result of disordered eating behaviors, there are many associated emotions that can lead to low self-esteem and difficulty participating socially. But is there a [...]
Contributor: Staff at Carolina House Ask 100 people on the street which gender they associate more with eating disorders, and you’ll probably get the same answer. For decades, the stigma has been that eating disorders almost exclusively affect women – young women, in particular. They do predominantly affect the female population, but the percentage of men [...]
Family can be incredibly complicated and, at different times, you might feel like yours is a blessing or a curse. When it comes to eating disorder treatment, however, research indicates it and Multi-Family Therapy is predominantly a blessing. Studies have long shown that having recovery-focused, supportive families that are engaged in an individual’s treatment leads [...]
It is not uncommon for those with an eating disorder diagnosis to display addictive personality traits. While this has been considered in relation to the disordered behaviors themselves as well as drug and alcohol use, there are many other ways these addictive tendencies can manifest, one of these being exercise addiction. A study recently published in [...]
There are many situations where someone may directly witness or interact with an individual engaging in disordered eating or excessive exercise behaviors. For those working in fitness, this happens often. While fitness can be an incredible tool for connecting with the body, taking care of it, and moving it in ways that bring joy and [...]
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