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photo of a young teenage boy wearing a hooded sweatshirt and looking up at trees in a forest
photo of a young teenage boy wearing a hooded sweatshirt and looking up at trees in a forest
Lindsay Ensor
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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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Tattoo reads: Feed your brain.
Tattoo reads: Feed your brain.
Sarah Schuster
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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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Eli Slater
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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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Thankful Thursday with a Twist

How can we practice being thankful for all of it? The highs and the lows- all of it made us who we are today. Even though there's pain in our stories, it all shaped us into who we are.
#Addiction #AnorexiaNervosa #Anxiety #Agoraphobia #AutismSpectrumDisorder #ADHD #BingeEatingDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #BipolarDepression #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CeliacDisease #Depression #Epilepsy #KidneyDisease #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #Cancers #Grief #Lupus #Migraine #EatingDisorders #Schizophrenia #SleepApnea #SocialAnxiety
#IrritableBowelSyndromeIBS #JointHypermobilitySyndrome #SensoryProcessingDisorder #EatingDisorders #ChildLoss #AutonomicDysfunction #PostTraumaticStressDisorder #PTSD #POTS #Trauma #Hemophilia #SjogrensSyndrome #RestlessLegsSyndrome #Endometriosis #InterstitialCystitis #HearingLoss #Deafness #SuicidalThoughts #Selfcare #Selfharm #EhlersDanlosSociety

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BorderlinePersonalityDisorder 5h

The BPD to ED pipeline

I recently started dating someone for the first time and I knew beforehand that my BPD might cause some issues. However, I had prepared myself for interpersonal problems, not problems within myself. Now I'm fighting an ED relapse because I feel like I'm not lovable if I'm not thin and the person I'm dating will leave me if I gain weight. Is there someone on here with BPD who has had a healthy relationship? I need some reassurance that I won't necessarily ruin this, but that there's hope.

#BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #EatingDisorder

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BorderlinePersonalityDisorder 5h

The BPD to ED pipeline

I recently started dating someone for the first time and I knew beforehand that my BPD might cause some issues. However, I had prepared myself for interpersonal problems, not problems within myself. Now I'm fighting an ED relapse because I feel like I'm not lovable if I'm not thin and the person I'm dating will leave me if I gain weight. Is there someone on here with BPD who has had a healthy relationship? I need some reassurance that I won't necessarily ruin this, but that there's hope.

#BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #EatingDisorder

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I'm new here!

Hi, my name is Carolineten10. I'm here because

#MightyTogether #BipolarDisorder #Migraine #PTSD #Grief #Depression #Anxiety #EatingDisorder

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I'm new here!

Hi, my name is Carolineten10. I'm here because

#MightyTogether #BipolarDisorder #Migraine #PTSD #Grief #Depression #Anxiety #EatingDisorder

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Tip Tuesday 💡

Go little. So often we forget that we are allowed to do LESS. Especially when we are overwhelmed. The trick isn't to do more, it's to have grace and slow down.
#Addiction #AnorexiaNervosa #Anxiety #Agoraphobia #AutismSpectrumDisorder #ADHD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BipolarDisorder #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CeliacDisease #Depression #Epilepsy #KidneyDisease #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #Cancers #Grief #Lupus #Migraine #AutonomicDysfunction #POTS #PTSD #Hemophilia #SjogrensSyndrome #RestlessLegsSyndrome #BackPain #Endometriosis #InterstitialCystitis #HearingLoss #SuicidalThoughts #Selfharm #Selfcare #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #JointHypermobilitySyndrome #IrritableBowelSyndromeIBS #EatingDisorders #ChildLoss #Schizophrenia #SocialAnxiety #SleepApnea #Trauma #RestlessLegsSyndrome #SensoryProcessingDisorder

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Motivation Monday - Self Care Ideas for the Week

Which self care idea is one youd like to try? Tell us in the comments below 👇
#ADHD #AutismSpectrumDisorder #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #BorderlinePersonalityDisorderBPD #BipolarDisorder #Anxiety #AnorexiaNervosa #BulimiaNervosa #EatingDisorders

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