Disclaimer: In writing about my experiences as a neurodivergent person, I am not projecting how I feel about it onto anyone else. Many people with neurodivergence love how their brains are wired and how they experience the world differently; it’s part of their identity, it enhances their creativity, it adds extra dimensions to their experiences.…
Did you know I have a podcast?
I don't blog much. I have plenty of ideas and always find an excuse not to write on the occasions I have time. BUT my blogging energy is going into my podcast! I launched Not About Food in March, and today the tenth episode is coming out! Every week I speak to guests who are…
Technical weight restoration vs true weight restoration
I am usually not a fan of before/after photos. Usually they involve an emaciated figure with strategic poses to make the bones jut, rendering them sensationalist, triggering, and perpetuating eating disorder stereotypes. But in this instance the before/after feels important. I am not underweight in either photo. Something i stress to others in recovery is…
OCD-induced Psychosis
I have been so nervous to write this. I’ve not written properly about mental health in two years or more, out of feeling disheartened when my writing didn’t generate much interest. Previously I’ve mainly written about eating disorders, and although that is a very worthy topic that needs discussing, a lot of people are doing…
Health Is Subjective: Diet Culture and Eating Disorders
Health is subjective, no one body is the same. And yet we are bombarded with incessant information about how to live a healthy lifestyle; what to eat, what to avoid at all cost, how everything consumed needs to be repented for by exercise. Is this vast, and often contradictory information well meant? Debatable. And does…
How Social Media Can Affect Eating Disorder Recovery
In the last few years, social media websites (most notably Instagram and Tumblr) have supposedly banned all pro eating disorder content. As much as they mean well, it is impossible to police such a rife problem over such huge internet platforms. As well as whole websites being dedicated to pro anorexia and bulimia (pro-ana/pro-mia), social…
Not About Food 