Eating Disorder Awareness3/8/20180 Comments For those of you who know me personally, you know that I am quite open in talking about my struggle with anorexia. I was underweight, anxious, and living under my self-imposed restrictions for a good 2-3 years in my early twenties. As I recovered mentally and physically, I learned how my disorder was rooted in mental and emotional stressors, which I had not yet dealt with. The anger, pain, and sadness that I’d tried hard to repress, could not be controlled or pushed to the side. I hadn’t sought counseling, hadn’t asked for help, hadn’t process through things, and I didn’t know how much I needed all that. I didn’t deal with those emotions, and so they resurfaced in the form of an eating disorder. Our mental state can have a powerful impact over our physical state–through hormones, neurotransmitters, muscular contractions, blood flow, and respiration–our bodies will react to what our brains are processing. So take a tip from my book, and make sure you are honest with your feelings, honest with your mental state, take time to process your memories, and take time to really feel your emotions. You deserve it 🙂
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