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Are You Struggling with Suicidal Ideation? Learn the Signs and How to Get Help

September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and for anyone who has been impacted by an eating disorder, the awareness and prevention of suicide is necessary and essential. If you have been struggling with the overwhelmingly devastating thoughts…
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Removing People from Your Life Doesn’t Make You a Bad Person

For me, recovery meant choosing to walk away. Recovery meant letting go of the things I wish I had had in the past: support, understanding, and nurturing. “Family is everything.”“Who can you depend on if you don’t have family?”“Blood…
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How to Cope with the Transition to College When You Have an Eating Disorder

College is an exciting time. For the first time, you are an adult living on your own, making decisions and new friends, and starting to take a large step toward your future. You are excited, and also overwhelmed. Frankly, you are freaked out! You…
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How to Ask for Help When You Feel Suicidal

September is Suicide Prevention Month, which can mean a lot of different things for many people. For some, it’s a painful reminder of losing a loved one to suicide. For mental health professionals, it’s a time to advocate for screening and…
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My Eating Disorder Recovery Story Became a Viral “Humans of New York” Post

As we walked into class, my friend looked up from her phone and delicately said, “It’s up.” I knew exactly what that meant. I ran to the back of a packed law school classroom and glued myself into a chair, gripping the sides of the seat…
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5 Tips for Coping With Dressing Room Stress in Eating Disorder Recovery

You push the door open and walk into the tiny room. You hang up various articles of clothing and close the door, trapping yourself in that enclosed space with just yourself and a mirror for company. You take a deep breath and manage to look…
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I Lost 12 Classmates to Suicide and I Refuse to Stay Silent About It

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National Suicide Prevention Month is a time when we mourn the loss and celebrate the lives of those who have been taken from us by suicide, as well as raise awareness for the various precursors to suicide: anxiety, depression, eating disorders,…
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How to Tap Into Your Support System at the Start of the School Season

Recovering from an eating disorder is a process that not only affects the ones struggling, but also the people around them, such as family and friends. The recovery process may be frustrating at times—especially during the back-to-school season—because…
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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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9 Coping Strategies for the Start of the School Season

Going back to school can be filled with anxieties. For young adults, anxiety is common as they ready themselves to beginning a new chapter in their lives at a university. However, these concerns double for people with eating disorders because…