Here’s the second part of my ten year struggle with anorexia… Becoming Urgent Having become a chronic sufferer by my early thirties, by this stage I’d also admitted to myself that I did have anorexia. But I still believed that I would never reach the urgent or critical stages that I’d read about in the … Continue reading “My Anorexia Story Part 2”
Month: December 2017
The Dictionary for Eating Disorder Recovery: Translating Dodgy Food Messages
Sometimes I think I should carry ear plugs with me and put them in whenever I hear a food-related conversation about to turn dodgy. By dodgy, I mean when the chat turns to fad diets, virtue signalling (ie using food choices to show how ‘good’ or disciplined you are), or its opposite – the loud … Continue reading “The Dictionary for Eating Disorder Recovery: Translating Dodgy Food Messages”
My Anorexia Story – Part 1
Becoming Ill Given its ten year duration, I think my story is best told in two parts. So here’s the first one… I was 23 when I became ill, but I didn’t fully realise it at the time. Subconsciously, I knew there was something dangerous in how I was beginning to think about food, but … Continue reading “My Anorexia Story – Part 1”
About Me and My Fight Against Ana
I’m Hannah and I’m not an anorexic. This is what I would say if there were such a thing as ‘Anorexics Anonymous.’ Anorexia invaded my mind and my body for a decade and tried to destroy Hannah. But I am not an anorexic and I’m re-claiming my identity. This blog charts the recovery of a … Continue reading “About Me and My Fight Against Ana”