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New Digital Drama Series Shines Light On Eating Disorders in Men

Approximately 30 million people will struggle with an eating disorder at some point in their lives – 10 million of those people are men. Despite the statistics, men with eating disorders are often mocked, belittled, or ignored in a culture…
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Instilling and Supporting Body Confidence in Men

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When I was deeply suffering from my eating disorder, I hated my body. I abused it. Worst of all, I separated myself from it. My mind became one entity and my body became another. To my mind, my body seldom did anything right. Since entering…
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I Stopped Lying and Faced My Addictions—You Can, Too

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As a person who struggled with an eating disorder and a co-occurring substance abuse problem, I spent nearly a decade lying. I lied about how much I was eating, I lied about how often I was eating, and I lied about what I was doing after…
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You Deserve to Live: Why I’m So Grateful I Did Not End My Life

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All three of these times, when I made the decision to jeopardize my own existence, I truly wanted to die. In those moments, I believed that whatever I was going through – coming to terms with my sexuality, break ups, fights with friends, bad…
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How to Address the Troubling Lack of Diversity Among Eating Disorders Professionals

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Many of us from minority communities, whether it be our race/ethnicity, sexual orientation/gender identity, foreign/immigration status, or any other such factor, share an unfortunately common experience moving through the world: being the only…
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The Lions Barber Collective: A Safe Space for Men to Talk About Mental Health

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Each year, it is reported that one person in the UK completes suicide every 120 minutes. Most of those people are men. And suicide and eating disorders often intersect; for example, those suffering with anorexia are 31 times more likely to attempt…
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The Thaw: Embracing My Eating Disorder Recovery Process

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Growing up, I always wanted to say that something would “unthaw” when my mom would pull it from our freezer for dinner. It was one of these words that I always used in the wrong context; I was always saying “unthaw.” Thinking about my…
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Notoriously Dapper’s Kelvin Davis is Inspiring Body Confidence in Men

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Kelvin Davis is a body-positive men’s fashion blogger. He is a model for Chubbies, an admin for Eff Your Beauty Standards, a dancer, a modern-day gentleman, a style icon, and a celebrator of body positivity on Instagram. Kelvin is now an author…
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Teen Mom OG’s Tyler Baltierra Opens Up About His Mental Health Struggle

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Teen Mom OG is a favorite guilty pleasure and it's been one of TV's highest-rated reality shows for years now. The cast invites us into their lives every week as we invite them into our homes, celebrating their highs and supporting their lows.…
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There’s No “Right” Timeframe for Recovery

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I used to become so depressed that I would hate myself for every little thing I perceived as a flaw. I'd spend hours daily making lists of the things I needed to work on and the things that just weren't right about me. This constant battle in…