Breaking up with Ana

Happy 12 th (?) week of lockdown! I hope those of you who still read this blog are all keeping well and having a restful time if you haven’t been at work. I honestly thought I would write on here loads, but I really haven’t had that much to say – nothing that is particularly useful for myself or others anyways! I’ve had questions from people about how to deal with the lockdown if you have an eating disorder. The honest answer is that I wish I knew, because I am struggling. So if anybody knows, please message me!! I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to work for about half of lockdown, but other than my beautiful bunny Meredith, I’ve gone home every night to an empty house. There have been days in a row where I haven’t physically had to open my mouth to talk. It’s just been the weirdest thing. I’ve found it really tricky, especially as my normal coping mechanism when my mood gets questionable is to get out the house and see people. I don’t do well living alone. I mean, Meredith lis...

Hello! So today, I want to focus on something that isn ’ t really looked at within the media – men with eating disorders. Despite eating disorders predominantly being associated with women, men certainly don ’ t escape them. I interviewed a friend of mine recently who has suffered with an eating disorder. He happily agreed to share his journey. I really hope that this can maybe bring comfort to someone.  Ed - Looking Dashing Hello! Do you mind introducing yourself and giving me one cool fact about yourself?  Hi, I’m Ed and I’m a violinist - is that cool? I honestly don’t even know? When did you first develop your eating disorder? I think I probably started just before I turned 17 but I really didn’t realise what was going on until I’d developed some really unhealthy and self-destructive habits. Do you feel there was a particular trigger for your eating disorder? I can definitely pinpoint a couple of key moments during sixth form that acted as catalys...

Hello! So this week is eating disorder awareness week, which is basically a week in which awareness is raised on eating disorders and their treatment/lack of treatment. Last year I got involved with the media quite a lot, and shared my story with multiple different people. However this year I want to do something that is more inclusive and helpful on my own platform, as sometimes it's hard to relate exactly to what a specific person is going through, as ED's are so so different and present differently in different people. It's so important to remember that there are so many types of eating disorders out there, some more well known than others. Because of this, I kind of just want to explore each one in a little bit of detail. I don't really like labels or labelling someone as 'Bulimic', or a 'binge eater' etc, but for the purposes of this I'll talk about each condition with its generic labels. Even if you cannot relate completely to one of these ...