Blog, Friends and Family, Mental Health, Recovery and Support
Building a Recovery Tribe: 11 Ideas to Try Today
Oct
by Jenni Schaefer Mental illness is a lonely place. The actual symptoms of mental illness even ensure isolation: With my eating disorder, I was a pro at making up excuses for getting out of dinner or lunch plans with friends. When it comes to PTSD, I was frequently dissociated—felt apart from the world. It’s easy […]
Blog, Eating Disorders, Mental Health
I’m Never Going to Get Better: 13 Ways to Help Your Loved One Maintain Hope in Eating Disorders and PTSD Treatment
Sep
I’m never going to get better. I’m the only person in the world who won’t recover. I said this about my eating disorder, and, later, I said the very same thing about posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In my experience, part of having a mental illness, by definition, means that, at times, we believe we can’t […]
Binge Eating Disorder, Blog
Binge Eating Disorder or Overeating—How to know if Your Teen is Struggling
Sep
You may notice your teenager overeat occasionally or maybe seem overeager when it comes to food. Perhaps you’ve observed your teen skipping meals but consuming a large amount of food in a short time period. Maybe she turns to food for comfort when life gets stressful? Should you be concerned that her eating habits are […]
Sep
Eating disorders have been termed as thought disorders because of the myriad of intrusive, irrational thoughts that occur every second of every day for those struggling with them. They cause so much distortion that many times, the thoughts in individuals’ minds are lies, but over time, the individual will come to believe them as truth. […]