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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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Hi, my name is theblackswan. I want to know more about how other people cope with so many comorbid issues.

#MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #PTSD #AutismSpectrumDisorder #ADHD #EatingDisorder #OCD

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I’m new here!

Hi, my name is theblackswan. I want to know more about how other people cope with so many comorbid issues.

#MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #PTSD #AutismSpectrumDisorder #ADHD #EatingDisorder #OCD

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