Author: yarrow

TW: detailed discussion of body dysmorphia, ED behaviour mentions, description of being underweight, negative self talk Despite popular understandings to the contrary, body dysmorphia and anorexia are not the same thing and are often considered separately as psychiatric diagnoses. In terms of the diagnostic criteria, both include disruption or disturbances in self-image or body image,… Continue reading Body Dysmorphia

What I’ve realised is that a lot of people have their own ideas about what causes an eating disorder, what is and isn’t eating disordered behaviour and if it is so very different from dieting or other weight loss methods in the end. Also, a lot of other people haven’t ever really thought about it… Continue reading What causes an eating disorder? Psychology, biology and genetics

What is fatphobia? I would define it as systematic, societal discrimination and prejudice against fat people, people in larger bodies, people who are regarded as ‘obese’ or ‘overweight’. I use those words in inverted commas because the ways in which those terms of defined are, to me, not particularly linked to anything other than profit.… Continue reading Fatphobia: An Interrogation

I feel scared to write about this. Not everyone with an eating disorder struggles with exercise but it is a major component for me that I’ve found extremely complex to tackle and deal with. It’s very much still a live issue for me and almost harder than the food restriction element in some ways. Exercise… Continue reading Exercise and Virtue

CW: discussion of eating disorder behaviours such as restriction and binging in detail, suicidal ideation, substance misuse. No specific mention of numbers First written in July. Why did I decide to recover? What does it mean to ‘recover’ from an eating disorder? In many ways, I am not the most qualified person to answer that… Continue reading What recovery feels like: A beginners guide