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40 Things People With Eating Disorders Wish Others Understood

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even if you appear ‘healthy

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recovery is long and hard. if i talk a lot it

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while recovery is a choice

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i can't just stop my eating disorder on the drop of a dime. recovery involves changing my thought process and my views on food and my body

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food is the symptom

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there's nothing ‘lucky' being so

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we wish we could be living our lives free. how i wish i could go out on a normal dinner date

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what you see on the outside is only the tip of the iceberg

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things people

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to learn more

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i wish people understood the loneliness

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it never fully goes away; it lingers in the darkest

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weight restoration doesn't mean you've your eating disorder. it's a struggle every day. there's so much more to recovery than weight

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i wish people understood just because i'm recovering doesn't mean the eating disorder and underlying issues aren't still there

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restrictive eating disorders aren't wanting to be

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they're not all rooted in vanity

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it's a serious disease

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when someone says

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eating disorders don't discriminate

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you don't just wake up one morning and decide to stop eating

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i wish people realized how loud my eating disorder is

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boys and men experience eating disorders

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you cannot look like ‘you have an eating disorder

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a goal. it's a disease. end of story

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it's our eating disorder that's selfish

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i wish people understood that eating disorders don't just take over your eating habits; they dominate your life; every thought

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a lifestyle

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it's not a glamour disorder. it's a serious mental illness

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when i talk my struggle

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no matter how far you are in recovery

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it's not exclusively a teenage problem

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everyone's experience

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you don't have to be underweight to have an eating disorder

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you honestly can't see yourself the way others do

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eating disorders are not diets gone wrong

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it hurts to hear

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eating disorders can feel like a third wheel in your relationships/friendships

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‘anorexic' is not an adjective

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