#EDAW2017

[recoveryisbeautiful]

Eating Disorder Awareness Week

Fact: you can't tell if someone has an eating disorder just by looking at them

Fact: eating disorders are not a choice

Fact: eating disorders can affect anyone

Fact: full recovery from an eating disorder is possible

[best-dress-fearless]

So a long and somewhat awkward post but this week was Eating Disorder Awareness week and march 1st was Self Harm Awareness day. I've suffered with anorexia, depression and anxiety for the past 7 years, resulting in being admitted inpatient 5 times. I've missed out on a lot because of my eating disorder. I was supposed to see @taylorswift on Speak Now tour when I was first inpatient in 2011. I was there for 3 months and had got my mum to bring in my Taylor CDs to listen to. On a particularly bad night for me there was a nurse sat in my room, she was flicking through my CDs and started talking about how much she loved @taylorswift and how she'd just been to the Speak Now tour. I was flooded with envy and heartbreak. I was supposed to be there, I was supposed to be crying over finally seeing Taylor for the first time and dancing to my favourite songs, I could picture it all so well, but instead I was crying over meal times and being fed through a tube. This was when it truly hit me how much I'd been missing out on and how much I'd continue to miss out on. The fearless quote has always meant a lot to me. I remember the day Fearless album was released and mum had driven me to pick a copy up in store and I came home and listened to it on repeat all night, uncovering all the hidden messages and reading the fearless quote on the last page. This was pre-eating disorder me but something about the fearless quote meant so much to me, is always liked the idea of being fearless. When I was in hospital that time my cousin had made me a bracelet saying "fearless" and i wore it every day. It was a constant reminder that my life was worth living. I'd finally got to see @taylorswift live in Wembley stadium for Summertime Ball. I was able to do that. I'd camped out for 2 days in a tent outside the gate because I was able to do that, I wasn't stuck within hospital walls. I was able to cry and dance along to my favourite songs. Coming up to my Red tour date I was in a particularly bad place and was hospitalised again but i soon got out because I couldn't miss this. I'd given up on ever hearing my favourite song Fearless live. I knew I'd never hear it and I'd come to terms with that. But I was at Red tour on 1st February 2014 and it happened. She sang fearless and I was a mess. I was seated in the skies and there was thousands of people but somehow I felt like the only person in the room, I felt like it was for me. The following weekend I got the fearless quote tattooed on my arm as a constant reminder of how special that day was and as a reminder that I am the fearless girl I dreamt of being. Every time I'm in a bad place I look down at my arm and I'm reminded of how it felt to be at that concert after missing out before and for a few minutes I'm content and at peace because in my head I'm back at that concert and I'm reminded that my life is worth living, despite my doubts and fears, keep fighting. So @taylorswift thank you. Thank you for teaching me to be fearless and sticking by me all these years. LoveLoveLove x

[sunflowershealing]

it’s eating disorder awareness week! well, yesterday was the last day. close enough. 

my eating disorder has told me a lot of lies over the years. there was a point last year where I was so wrapped up in it that I completely lost sight of who I am. it took a lot of time, a lot of difficult meals, and a lot of self compassion and patience to figure out the truth. 

the truth is that I’m a really strong person who didn’t choose this. it was about my weight as much as alcoholism is about the alcohol itself. the truth is that I will never have a thigh gap or a perfectly flat stomach, and my body was never meant to. I love my body, and I’ve forgiven myself for the damage I’ve done to it that wasn’t my fault. eating disorders try and take everything you have, and for me that almost included my life. 

I deserve recovery, even when I’d rather get punched in the face than finish a meal. I deserve all the love that I would always give to everyone but myself. 

I am resilient, I am powerful, and for the first time I can say that I truly love myself. flaws and all. 

[ryansallans]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSlx3SdALgo)

Earlier this week, I visited the LGBT Community Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where I did a reading from my book Second Son and then held a discussion with attendees on various topics related to being trans. In this clip, I provide a reading from a chapter where I speak about body image and then speak to eating disorders and the transgender community. This event was sponsored by FORGE. 

[undressedconsciousness]

Chronicles of Anorexia: The Girl, the Mirror and the Fridge,

aka, why i believe in eating disorder advocacy, supporting those in recovery, etc., 365 days a year, and not just one week out of the year. There is no need to post photos utilizing stigmatizing photos, emphasizing physical irrelevant symptoms, when these disorders are deadly at any weight, and much more complex than the physical symptoms they present.

��I have been my most sick at a completely healthy weight” (7:10)

[skeletems]

Eating (EDAW 2017) || http://emilygcx.blogspot.co.uk/2017/03/battles-of-all-kind-involve-mental.html in my newest blog post, i talk about my relationship with eating. whilst i never had an eating disorder, my rather toxic relationship with eating in my teenage years and how i nearly found myself in a cycle with no way out in relation to binge eating. its not the easiest read, not the easiest thing to write. something i've never spoken about is my relationship with eating, so this to me was hard to accept. i'm also not an expert in ED's and don't claim to be, but i'm happy with this

[silverthreadsandneedles]

Personal and serious post for ED awareness week .... living with an eating disorder is a lifelong struggle. Some days you don't want to eat, some days you binge, some days you vomit so much you throat bleeds. But I'm really thankful to have developed a love of exercise and a healthier attitude to food. Thinking of those who are struggling. You'll get there, please just ask for help ❤️ #edrecovery #edawarenessweek #edawareness #eatingdisorderrecovery #selflove #selfloveclub #bodypositive #bodypositivity #bodyposi #tattoo #inked #powerful #girls #love #selfhelp #eatingdisorderawarenessweek #eatingdisorderawareness #eatingdisorderrecovery #edaw2017

[polysprachig]

(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKxu_iOOZsA)

Happy Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Everyone! In this German video, you’ll find out the difference between the terms��“anorexie” und “Anorexia nervosa”.

[dinkyfitness]

I liked this basic information. As it’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2017 I wanted to open my mailbox to anyone suffering or knows someone who is. When I went back to rehab the last time four years ago they told me I’d never fully recover and they were wrong. Never give up. It gets better and recovery is better than anything your illness is telling you to do x

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[ieatyourhatelikelovezine-blog]

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It was through my eating disorder that I started to learn to cut off parts of myself, whole parts of my body and my personality. Because that’s what an eating disorder feels like, it starts to feel like your body is taking up all this room that you’re not worthy of but then you need to cut off more and more and more. It’s never enough until you’re all gone. The problem is you never feel like you’re going to need to recover and one day you might need it all back.

The absolute kicker came when I realised that I wasn’t just at the mercy of what was deemed clinical disordered eating that induced such a feeling of ridding myself of excess parts of me. But I was at the mercy of an entire structure that determined I shrink myself and mould into the shape of a perfect woman. Expected to perform womanhood in everything from how much I weighed, how I dressed, how I related to men, what I wanted from relationships, whether I wanted children. Because gender is a performance, and as I began to recognise people saw me as growing into an adult woman I also began to recognise my queerness, my need to find meaning in ways that didn’t focus around heteronormativity, the family unit, in my ‘choice’ of labour, or generally in the trajectory that my life was supposed to follow. People are expected to perform binary gender roles and perform well, and I believe that it was partly under this weight in which I collapsed.

This morning, I began to start the long process that it takes for me to get ready. I know that the psychiatrist makes notes about the way in which you dress, whether you paint your nails, whether you’ve shaved, whether you wear make-up, and that this provides information as to where you are in your recovery. When I arrive at the Eating Disorders clinic, I am greeted by several women’s magazines. I go to the mirror and check I look like the women on the cover for they provide a marker as to what is acceptable. Though should I have a similar body weight, in this setting, I will be told I am coping poorly.

I then consider what I should do in order to make sure my problems are correctly received by the psychiatrist waiting for me, I practice what to say. I think about what people with eating disorders are expected to say on autopilot and I regurgitate this because failing to meet the criteria for this might put my treatment in jeopardy. I ask about my medication and this question is directed to the gatekeeper of my wellness, my psychiatrist, the person who has the power to allow or deny me access to the treatment that I need.

I come home with a headache and I think about the irony in which I am expected to perform a personality and appearance and how failure to do so may result in different treatment and - at worst - further diagnoses. But also about how those expectations create the conditions for my mental health problems. I think about the way in which women are expected to stay quiet as we perform double, triple, quadruple labour burdens and I think about how I’m going to get the energy to simply text anyone back.

I think about how this would feel, to be forced to access treatment when not only were you asked to perform gender, but also to perform and conform to a different culture. White supremacy has enforced its brand of gender roles through colonialism. It’s now well documented that people of colour are not only suffering eating disorders at high rates, but are being failed by professionals to recognise symptoms because they may show up in different ways to white people. At the same time, people of colour are sometimes medicalised and often othered for not conforming to western culture.

I feel tired and with all my energy gone, I sit down for the day to do some work and write this post. I make sure I look okay before anyone comes home.

[blonde-books]

I tweeted some stuff for Eating Disorders Awareness Week. I don’t think I’ve actually admitted that I’ve had an eating disorder on any social media apart from Tumblr before. Bulimia took away so much of my life and drove my health into the ground but it took a long time for me to be seen by a doctor who would finally take my disorder seriously. Although I still struggle with self esteem and eating right, my health and relationship with food and weight is a thousand times better than it once was thanks to the treatment I underwent.

Eating disorders are extremely serious and have low recovery rates. According to b-eat, only 45% of bulimia patients make a full recovery, with 27% improving considerably and 23% suffering chronically. I’m still terrified of a relapse taking over my life again. 

But for now, it’s a good day and I’m happy with the way I look. I deserve to eat and I deserve to be loved no matter my weight. 

[donaldduck18]

Today is the start of eating disorder awareness week!!

If you are struggling with an eating disorder, you don’t have to do so alone. By visiting your GP and telling them what you are struggling with, they can advise you of where and how to get support. 

If someone you know has an eating disorder, or you suspect they do, then continue to show them love and please don’t shout at them, even though it can be very stressful. Encourage them to get help by going to their GP and show them that they are not alone, but have support.

Eating disorders are very serious and someone who is struggling with it should never be treated with disrespect or teased because of it. There is plenty of support out there and you can call the ‘beat’ helpline at any time. 

Helpline 0808 801 0677 Youthline 0808 801 0711

Beat is a charity supporting those who are affected by eating disorders. The link attached leads you to their home page. 

[hopeisstronger-blog1]

Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2017: you are not alone 

There have been times during the last year when I have felt completely and utterly alone. I have felt like a freak, a malfunction, a weirdo. I watched my friends devour cheesy pizzas and sip sugary cocktails and I marvelled at their normalcy, their ability to simply eat and drink as they pleased without the suffocating dread and anxiety that consumed me whenever a crumb passed my lips. I lived in…

[mcho31]

EDAW2017

I've setup a fundraising page in honour of Eating Disorder Awareness Week here in Canada. I'm raising money for Sheena's Place - an organization that provides supports for those touched by eating disorders at no cost to their clients, and for the Student-Athlete Mental Health Initiative which is working to change the landscape around mental health for student-athletes. I'm not looking for much, I just wanted to try and do something for two organizations that are near and dear to my heart. Any donation helps and every share helps to reach as many people as possible. https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/support-sheena-s-place-and-student-athletes

[wp-yahoo-style-1042-yahoopa-blog]

Why This Top Modeling Agent Stormed Out of an Interview

Premier Model Management founder Carole White walked out of a 60 Minutes interview after being asked about some questionable practices in the modeling industry. (Photo: 60 MInutes/Channel 9)

Fashion industry icon Carole White clearly did not appreciate 60 Minutes journalist Tara Brown’s questions about the modeling world’s effect on young women.

The legendary agent and founder of Premier Model Management, who represented OG supermodels including Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, and Cindy Crawford, became so displeased by Brown’s line of questioning that White stormed off the set after criticizing her interviewer and cursing at the still-rolling camera, reportsThe Daily Mail.

Brown was speaking with the top modeling agent as part of a 60 Minutes story focusing on two young models, Edyn Mackney and Victoire Dauxerre. Mackney, an Australian schoolgirl who started modeling at the age of 15, described being constantly told by industry insiders to lose that “extra inch,” while Dauxerre, a former French model, penned a bestselling memoir, Never Skinny Enough: The Diary of a Top Model, about how the pressure to stay thin led her to develop an eating disorder.

“They never told me, ‘You’re too fat or you have to lose weight,’” Dauxerre told Brown, according to news.com.au. “They told me, ‘You are a size 8 and you have to go down to size 2 or 4.’ So I had to lose two sizes of clothes in two months.” And that led the model, who was scouted on the streets of Paris at 17, to at one point subsist on nothing but three apples a day — with a side of laxatives and enemas. Even so, Dauxerre said, her agency would falsify her measurements on the comp cards she took to castings in the hopes of getting more bookings.

???????? IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT ????????????This week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Unfortunately, it could easily be teamed up with Mistreatment Awareness Week in the fashion world following what happened at Balenciaga with Maida & Rami (the #serialabusers ) This title suits them perfectly @jamespscully ! ????????I mention them in my book as I had the "opportunity" to work with them for Calvin Klein in 2010 and was treated the same way: like shit! I don't get why so many people in the fashion industry do not respect models. Why is it so hard for you to act like human beings? #speakup #moto #model #runaway #fashion #fashionweek #fashionindustry #itstimetotalkaboutit #yourenotalone #stopanorexia #eatingdisorderrecovery #sizezero #edaw2017 #edawareness #nedawareness #bodyimage #loveyourself

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But when Brown then asked White whether it was “cruel” to demand models stay unnaturally thin, the agent deflected the question by saying she wanted scientific facts to prove that modeling causes eating disorders in girls and women. (Here you go, friends.) When Brown later asked White if lying on booking cards, as Dauxerre had described, was common practice, the power agent became notably agitated. “Gosh, your words are really strong, actually. It’s sort of quite annoying me,’” she snapped. Brown responded by assuring White that she was not trying to annoy her, but White cut her off angrily, regardless.

“Listen, I will say … I am very outspoken, but I don’t like your terminology to me,” White continued. “I need a cigarette.” Things seemed to calm down momentarily, with White continuing: “I’m happy to answer it, but I don’t like your terminology, I don’t like how you’re asking me the ” — but then she realized the cameras were still rolling, and any attempts to mince words were abandoned.

“Are you still f***ing filming me? Just don’t!” White shouted before standing up to leave. “No, I’m really annoyed because I thought this was going to be quite a broad interview and it isn’t.” Brown reportedly tried to convince White to stay by assuring her that the interview would indeed be wide-ranging, but White simply muttered “Get me out of here” and stormed out of the room.

But despite White’s reticence on the issue, the pressure to stay thin in the modeling industry is quite a timely topic. Earlier this year, a study in the International Journal of Eating Disorders confirmed what many have long suspected: that models are often pressured to jeopardize their health as a prerequisite for employment, and that the modeling industry has far too many models struggling with eating disorders.

Of course, all models by no means fall victim to eating disorders (see all things Ashley Graham and Gigi Hadid‘s statements on coming to terms with body-shamers). But many certainly feel an unhealthy pressure from a young age to maintain their physique — and that’s something that White and the industry as a whole could stand to pay a little more attention to.

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[changingthedefinition]

Eating disorder awareness week 2017

Due to the chaos of this past week, I'm leaving it very last minute to make my post for #edaw2017 this years theme is 'early intervention' which is something is feel very passionately in, with regards to all aspects of mental health, not only eating disorders. For many reasons early intervention is important it would improve success rates of treatment, it would allow treatment durations to be shortened, allowing more people to be treated and saving cost and mostly it would save lives! Eating disorders are MENTAL ILLNESSES, once physical signs show a person is already seriously ill (regardless of what eating disorder that may be). Eating disorders are often secretive disorders, so are often hard to notice early on. Changes in eating habits, obsession over appearance, changes in style, emotional/family/financial stressors, mood fluctuations, withdrawal, uncharacteristic comments or actions. If you have concerns about someone, don't ignore it, approach them, support them and encourage them to seek the correct support ASAP. Eating disorders don't have to be a life sentence.