Three Common Obstacles to Ongoing Recovery – and How to Avoid Them

It’s often said, in hashtags and elsewhere that recovery is possible, and of course, it is. But the truth is, recovery from an eating disorder is never an easy process, and it’s often a long-term one.Triggers for relapse can happen at any time and to anyone. While most treatment centers work to get their clients

Eating disorders like bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa (not to mention the most common one, binge eating disorder) are well-known – if you’re reading this, you almost certainly know someone who’s struggled with one of these afflictions.  What’s less well-known, however, is that eating disorders affect far more types of people than the common perception

Journaling Is a Self-Awareness Technique Used at Most Eating Disorder Treatment Centers Writing in a journal is more than simply keeping a personal history of your thoughts or feelings; it’s a crucial way to track and guide the process of recovering from an eating disorder.  Here, we’ll outline what this useful technique entails and how

Seeking treatment for any mental health disorder can be an intimidating process for parents. For most people, there is guilt and shame surrounding any form of mental health disease, and admitting that there is a problem is necessary for every recovery journey, whether that is from anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, or any

According to the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA), 56 percent of individuals in a study of 2,400 people who were being treated for an eating disorder were also diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. Upon further analysis, it came to light that 54 to 81 percent of people with bulimia nervosa and 48 to 51 percent

In the past few decades, there has been a steady increase in the number and popularity of diet trends. They’re often called lifestyle choices or presented as solutions to the so-called “obesity crisis.” With the rise of these diets, people who are predisposed toward a desire to lose weight or have a disordered relationship with

Eating disorders, which range from restrictive types like anorexia nervosa to purging types like bulimia nervosa, all the way to those which result in weight gain, like binge eating disorder, affect millions of Americans of all genders, ethnicities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. There is an entire subset of psychiatric treatment devoted to recovery from eating disorders–

Among those who haven’t been educated about eating disorders, there is a lingering misperception that engaging in eating disorder behaviors is a lifestyle choice, but nothing could be further from the truth. There are a few similarities between a person having an eating disorder and lifestyle choices like dieting and weight-loss programs, but there are

While eating disorders can affect people at any age, they most commonly begin in adolescence. Individuals as young as 10 have shown symptoms of the disorder. Many contributing factors can spur the development of eating disorders early in adolescence. One of the most obvious is the incidence of puberty, which results in dramatic changes to

Eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder, are common types of mental health disorders that affect more people than is generally known. By one likely-conservative estimate, as many as 20 million people in the United States alone will experience an eating disorder at some point in their lives. In contradiction to