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Why Being Seen Eating Can Feel So Exposing
Have you ever been in a situation where you are sharing a meal with others, but simply cannot bring yourself to eat much in front of them? Do you feel deep rooted stress when it comes to ordering at a restaurant while others are listening? Does looking at the menu ahead of time to plan [...]
Team Sports and Body Expectations in Teens
Actively playing a sport –– be it football, hockey, cheer or dance –– requires mental toughness, physical strength and a commitment to discipline. Many athletes make great sacrifices to be able to participate actively in their sport, including giving up social time for the sake of practice, attending tournaments or competitions instead of going on [...]
When Friends Talk About Dieting at School
Let’s say you’ve been in eating disorder recovery for a little while now, or you have at least begun the steps of balancing out your eating habits and working towards adopting a healthy mindset around food. You have your goals in mind, your plan in place and your homework from your last therapy session humming [...]
When Your Eating Disorder Feels Like Your Only Strength
It can be scary to admit, but it is more commonly experienced than most realize. When you’re battling an eating disorder and get to a certain level of control, it can almost feel like an accomplishment. When you can meet disordered goals, whether you thought of them as goals or not, you start to get [...]
Why Some People Avoid Sitting at the Center of the Table
Growing up, most people had either an assigned, or preferred, seat at the table. As creatures of habit, it is not abnormal for us to gravitate towards a regular seat when we move to the table for dinner. But for others, it’s not so much an action of habit as it is of choice. When [...]
When Your Clothes Start Fitting Differently in Recovery
There comes a time in everyone’s recovery journey when it becomes a little more obvious that your clothes are starting to look different on you. They may fit a little more snugly than they use to, or you might just notice they look different on your healthy body. While this is completely normal and something [...]
Why Getting Better Can Still Feel So Tiring
Most everyone has heard the phrase, “Recovery is hard” – and it’s no exaggeration. Think of anytime in your life when you had to make a change, even a small one. Recovery is that change, plus some – the fear of it, the uncertainty, the mental toil, the emotional confusion, the exhaustion from completely altering [...]
Why Group Dinners Can Feel So Stressful in Recovery
We live in a culture where eating in a group of people is not abnormal – company lunches, dinners with donors, meals before or after an event, parties, etc. All of these are common situations that many Americans encounter on a weekly basis. And for many people, it is something enjoyed and anticipated. For those [...]
When Someone Comments on Your Body During Recovery
It might initially feel like a compliment, but when someone remarks on the way your body looks while you are actively in eating disorder recovery, it can quickly become internalized into a nightmare. Not only does a comment about the way you look have the potential to trigger bad habits and behaviors, it can leave [...]
Why School Lunch Can Be the Hardest Part of the Day for Teens
Walking into the school cafeteria is a normal part of almost every teen’s day: but that doesn’t mean it is easy. For teens with eating disorders, the thought of eating around peers, selecting food with others watching or even enjoying a lunch they brought from home can be uncomfortable, vulnerable or just downright impossible to [...]