Don’t Tell Me To Tell Her to Just Eat!

If I had a nickel for every time someone would suggest that I just tell her to eat, I'd be a billionaire by now.  Yup, people actually said that to me and thought they were being helpful.  If you are one of those "helpful" people, please stop.  All it does is serve to...

Chocolate, Chips, and Huge Grocery Bills

Everyone these days is taking about inflation on grocery bills and I completely understand that.  However, what no one seems to be talking about is eating disorder inflation on the grocery bills. When you think of all the costs associated with an eating disorder, many...

Why Aren’t Eating Disorders Taken More Seriously?

If you are a caregiver for a loved one with an eating disorder you have likely asked yourself this question on more than one occasion.  It seems to be something that is always asked, but never ever addressed in the proper forums. Here is a bit of back history so you...
Chocolate, Chips, And Huge Grocery Bills

Chocolate, Chips, and Huge Grocery Bills

Everyone these days is taking about inflation on grocery bills and I completely understand that.  However, what no one seems to be talking about is eating disorder inflation on the grocery bills. When you think of all the costs associated with an eating disorder, many...

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Why Aren’T Eating Disorders Taken More Seriously?

Why Aren’t Eating Disorders Taken More Seriously?

If you are a caregiver for a loved one with an eating disorder you have likely asked yourself this question on more than one occasion.  It seems to be something that is always asked, but never ever addressed in the proper forums. Here is a bit of back history so you...

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Why Aren’T Eating Disorders Taken More Seriously?

Parents Can Relapse Too

As parents and caregivers of someone with an eating disorder, so often we spend the vast majority of our time going to appointments, doctors and therapists.  I had no idea how much I hated going to the GP appointments once she started to live in wellness.  The...

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How An Eating Disorder Changed My Loved One

How an eating disorder changed my loved one

How did an eating disorder change my loved one?  One of the first things I had to accept with a diagnosis of anorexia restrictive in my loved one was the anger and denial sometimes displayed in the most unusual of ways.  The accusations that flew, the denials of a...

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Helicopter Poem

Helicopter Poem

This was written by the Reiffs and is about the most accurate description of an eating disorder as I have found yet.  It's called the "Helicopter Poem" Imagine that you are in an airplane and you do not know how to swim. Normally, when a person purchases a plane...

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Language Matters

Language Matters

This post is one that I really had to work through from a caregiver perspective.  I've always thought I've chosen my words carefully generally as I never want to offend anyone.  However, I did not realize how easily ED can be offended.  I realized very quickly that I...

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Not Sick Enough

Not Sick Enough

"Not sick enough" is a phrase that I have come to despise.  On many hospital trips where my daughter needed medical attention due to POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) we were told that her vitals were okay and that she wasn't sick enough for them to...

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