Eating Disorders Don't Have a "Look"
What does a person with an eating disorder look like?
That’s a trick question.
There is no “look” that denotes the experience of living with an eating disorder. None. Zero. Anything that you believe visually represents what it means to live with the most lethal of all mental illnesses is built on prejudice.
People of all shapes and sizes.
People of all socioeconomic backgrounds.
People of all genders.
People of all races.
The SINGLE unifying trait of those who experience eating disorders is the pre-existing condition of being human.
Throw all of the garbage, stereotypical assumptions about what it looks like to have an eating disorder out the window.
Recovery happens. But not if we only respond to bodies that have changed visibly. Or fit into some foolish pre-judged category of who is vulnerable. Or who isn’t.
If you’re struggling, please get help.
I believe you. I believe in you.
I hear you. I’m listening.
I see you. I’m looking.
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