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What We Learned About Our 15-Year-Old Son’s Lesser-Known Eating Disorder

The DSM-5 (a manual that lists all psychiatric diagnoses, which medical professionals use) states that “avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is an eating disorder involving an extreme avoidance or low intake of food that affects growth and level of nutrients a patient receives.” My 15-year-old son has struggled with this for many years, but we [...]

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28 Beautiful Tattoos That Represent Eating Disorder Recovery

Eating disorder recovery — like recovery from many mental illnesses — if often spoken of like a life-long journey. Although you can recover from an eating disorder, it’s an ongoing process and one that can stick with you for a lifetime. To capture this journey of recovery, the National Eating Disorder Association asked its community [...]

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A Speech About Eating Disorders Every High School Student Should Hear

After being diagnosed with anorexia nervosa back in June 2016, we were asked to make speeches in English about something that was important to us. So here’s mine: A plea for education on the deadliness of eating disorders in secondary schools. Eating disorders are not “glamorous.” They’re deadly. You can thank today’s society for that. [...]

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Hi, my name is JenniferSurviving. I'm here because I am learning how to heal my PTSD and
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#MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #PTSD #EatingDisorder

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I'm new here!

Hi, my name is JenniferSurviving. I'm here because I am learning how to heal my PTSD and
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#MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #PTSD #EatingDisorder

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I don't really have anything deep to say today. I just want to thank you all for being such great supporters of each other. It's such a joy for me to watch all your various victories from the sidelines. Thank you for this gift.

Also, I make video responses to your mental health questions as a way to better share advice with you all.

The last video I made was in response to @kathyd1 who asked about how to deal with terrible thoughts about the future. If this information is relevant to you, you can check out the video here:

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Otherwise, if you have any questions about mental health, please post in my group and I will try to make a video response specifically for you.

~ Thanks to all. Thanks for all. ~

Speaking of thanks for all, I was hoping we could acknowledge everyone who comments below. I know it seems like a small gesture, but many people here have never opened up to anyone before and being open and honest with strangers can be quite scary. So, if we could show our gratitude by giving their comment a simple reply or heart, I’m sure they would really appreciate your team support. What do you say?

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Hi, my name is Katattack. I'm looking for support and resources to help manage stress and everyday triggers.

#MightyTogether #Anxiety #PTSD #BipolarDisorder #ADHD #EatingDisorder #OCD

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Hi, my name is Katattack. I'm looking for support and resources to help manage stress and everyday triggers.

#MightyTogether #Anxiety #PTSD #BipolarDisorder #ADHD #EatingDisorder #OCD

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It feels like I am #angry all the time. It feels like I live in Anger. I know I’m suppose to notice the Anger, not avoid it, accept it & then it decreases. But then I do something else and I’m angry all over again. I feel like anger controls me. I’m also am in recovery from an Eating Disorder & feel I use food as a way to cope with my constant anger. I know people say it’s a “secondary emotion” and I feel angry about that they say that too (lol). I just wish it would leave me the ….. alone… I have thoughts that I’m tormented by it. I am in and use DBT and still really struggle with the emotion of anger. I know “they” say underneath anger is sadness or fear…. I hate it. I feel angry at my interactions, at my friends, I’m intolerant & snap at people, inpatient. I grew up with a parent who raged a lot at us kids. It feels like I can’t get rid of the anger. Maybe I should f….. marry it! :)
I just don’t understand it and feel I’m one of the only ones who deals with this 90% of the time. I feel sad, angry & intolerant of being angry. I wake up angry. My name could be Debbiewhodealswithangerineffectively! 💜

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