It’s almost that time of year again, from next week it will be National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. Not something that most people will be able to comprehend however, like they promoted the campaign last year with the hashtag #EverybodyKnowsSomebody it’s increasingly becoming a silent illness that’s more common than you’d like to think.
Like most mental illnesses you cannot see the damage that it does to someone’s health, there are different types of ED’s and I think one massive thing that needs to be stressed is someone doesn’t have to look dangerously thin or ‘anorexic’ (I hate the word as a label) to be suffering from an eating disorder of some form. It’s a mental illness, it can take over someone’s mind leading to depression, anxiety, self harm and unfortunately in some cases suicide.
Would you ignore someone you love with a broken bone who hadn’t received medical help?…
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LHW xo 