How not to allow the Ditch of Fear to swallow you in recovery.
Fear is the biggest obstacle in recovery for most of us. Most commonly, fear of weight gain. For many of us, fear of our unsuppressed bodyweight is what…
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Writing on eating disorder recovery for adults — the recovery process, neural rewiring, extreme hunger, weight restoration, and more.
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Eating past tears, and choosing to smile.
The fact that sitting down and eating pizza — a lot of it — was actually so easy, was one of the reasons it was so sad. I could have done this 5, 8, 10…
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Eating Disorder Recovery: The brain doesn't magically "heal" itself. You have to neurally rewire it.
The brain can and will "heal" but it doesn't only take time, it takes work. That work is neural rewiring, and neural rewiring is crucial for most people to…
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Will I ever be able to exercise again?
If you no longer have an active eating disorder, and you no longer have exercise compulsions, and you can trust yourself to do what you want to do and what…
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Actually it IS about the food: a talk with psychotherapist Danielle B. Grossman [Podcast]
Dannielle B. Grossman is a California licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice in Truckee, California. She also works by phone and…
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Rewiring Fear: Recognising, Challenging, Overcoming
You could walk up to just about anyone and tell them that they were afraid on some level of not being accepted and it would be true. There is nothing clever…
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Eating food is not a math equation. Stop methodizing eating.
Eating disorder treatment has to change. Patients have to be taught to trust and respect their bodies, and understand that health isn't a numbers game.
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Funding deficit for eating disorders: Taking action in the UK [Podcast]
From Sophie I am a foundation doctor in Stoke but also someone who has had anorexia since 10 years old. I have faced huge issues in getting treatment where…
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Why you can't recover from an eating disorder on your safe food
I'm not saying you can't gain weight on diet food, because you can gain weight on just about anything if you eat enough of it. I'm saying you shouldn't.…
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Recovering when you're a no-nonsense guy who totally doesn't have anorexia but has some sort of problem [Podcast]
In this podcast Tabitha talks to B, a guy who totally didn't have anorexia ... but probably did!
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Eating disorder treatment: Fear of food is the epidemic we have to face, not obesity
This blog is a collection of some stories I was sent. My comments are at the end. I listened to your podcast this morning about how treatment professionals…
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Eating disorders and substance use: avoiding the whack-a-mole game in treatment [Podcast]
In this podcast Tabitha Farrar talks to David Wiss about eating disorders co-occurring with substance abuse.
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PSA: The fat on your body is there by design
You can't fight your biology and win. Try willing yourself a couple of inches taller and see where you get with that. It doesn't work. The thing with genes…
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How eating disorders affect our values, and our decisions [Podcast]
In this podcast, Tabitha Farrar talks about how eating disorder change our beliefs and values, and how recovery also changes these aspects.
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Eating Disorder Recovery Questions: How do I know if I want more food?
How to know if you should eat more food in eating disorder recovery