The control and coping behind disordered eating
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Despite common belief, disordered eating is not just about food. Food is used as a coping mechanism for the difficult emotions felt by someone with disordered eating, and the behaviours portrayed do no justice for the complex ways of thinking responsible for them.
For the purpose of this blog, I will be using descriptive terms and symptoms (e.g., disordered eating, food restriction, bingeing) rather than labels or diagnosis (e.g., eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia) to help combat the myth t...
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