…So much eating disorder damage happens gradually and invisibly. If you are engaging in eating disorder behaviors, you may be experiencing damage you can’t yet see. Please don’t worry if you’re “sick enough” for treatment. You don’t have to be sick “enough.” You just have to be sick. Anyone and…
more…with eating disorders may think they are not “sick enough” if they do not look like the “before” photo. Many seeing this image may think that’s how someone with an eating disorder should look and it may lead them to feel they are not “sick enough” to get treatment. The…
more…what you look like. And sick is sick! You’re never not sick enough for help -Cheyanne Recovery is a daily battle. -Dani They can’t be explained easily. -Jodi Life-threatening, no matter the type. -Allyson They are not a choice but a mental illness. -Susie I wish that people understood that…
moreEating disorder stories are often told with a “before” and an “after.” Sick and well. Unhealthy and healthy. Ill and recovered. At one end of the spectrum are those sick (“sick enough”) for care, and at the other, those celebrating complete freedom from their illness. Often in celebrity coverage, it’s…
more…help without asking. Changing my body was a way for me to physically display my pain. If I looked sick, wouldn’t someone notice? Wouldn’t they realize I wasn’t ok, without me having to say it? For years this became a pattern. If I was struggling with fears of inadequacy, lack…
more…without it. My mind had become accustomed to glorifying sickness, but I was just never sick enough for the disease. Through hospital admissions and my time in treatment centers, the voice screamed even louder every time I tried to fight it. My recovery wasn’t linear and, don’t get me wrong,…
more…of 1001 other things you “should” do first. Besides, you’re not sure you’re “sick enough” anyway. Your disorder feels “less than” because it’s less known. BED, OSFED, or ARFID. Maybe it’s atypical or subthreshold. You aren’t a young, white, straight, cisgender, non-disabled woman. And frankly, sometimes you just feel “too…
more…Unfortunately, my ED really had me struggling with the false narrative of not being “sick enough,” and this was another situation that my ED latched onto. I thought that if my mom didn’t believe I was sick enough to prioritize treatment, then I would have to get sicker to prove…
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