'When I entered veganism while struggling with an eating disorder, I felt really alone, while in fact we are not.'

- India Kandel, queer vegan activist at International Animal Rights Conference 2023 #IARC #Veganism #EatingDisorder

'Vegan Capitalism is not the same as Animal Liberation'

- India Kandel, queer vegan activist at International Animal Rights Conference 2023 #IARC #Veganism #EatingDisorder

'Making veganism all about plant-based diets decenters anti-specisists values'

- India Kandel, queer vegan activist at International Animal Rights Conference 2023 #IARC #Veganism #EatingDisorder

'Why does a movement [like the vegan movement] that is highly focused on food, talk so little about ways in which people struggle with food?'

- India Kandel, queer vegan activist at International Animal Rights Conference 2023 #IARC #Veganism #EatingDisorder

'One of the first things that search engines suggest when you look up on the vegan diet, is weight loss.'

- India Kandel, queer vegan activist at International Animal Rights Conference 2023 #IARC #Veganism #EatingDisorder

'I got confusing responses from non-vegans like "Oh, the food you eat is so healthy!" Vs. "But you know veganism is not healthy."'

- India Kandel, queer vegan activist at International Animal Rights Conference 2023 #IARC #Veganism #EatingDisorder

#comic #eatingdisorder #food #foodindustryhttps://rainking.de/2023/09/08/hunger/

Pink News: Netflix LGBTQ+ teen series Everything Now shines light on eating disorders in first trailer https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/09/06/everything-now-netflix-trailer-release-date-sophie-wilde-queer/ #LGBT #LGBTQ #Trans #Lesbian #2SLGBTQ #eatingdisorder #Culture #netflix #TV

Having to navigate physical therapy and researching stuff online for exercise while also previously having disordered eating, is a nightmare. Now I'm just getting so many recommended videos for diets and fat burning exercises, EVEN THOUGH I googled shit in private mode to prevent this happening.

No, I'm not interested in diet, exercise for a hot bod, exercise to lose weight, or any diet culture related shit. I just need to do my physical therapy for my fucked neck in peace please.

#EatingDisorder #DietCulture

although it might be unhealthy but being empty and clean of stomach is my favorite thing and i hardly have tyrannosis, guess most people having eating disorder like that empty stomach feeling #EatingDisorder

Patients ‘not thin enough’ for help as NHS battles eating disorder crisis | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/eating-disorders-anorexia-children-hospital-b2357169.html

#Anorexia
#NHS
#NotThinEnough
#TooSickForTreatment
#TooWellForTreatment
#NotRespondingToTreatmentDischarge
#EatingDisorder
#UnderFunding
#LackOfCommunityCare

Fuck You Karen! I'm having a grilled cheese sammich with fucking pickles, sundried tomatoes, Italian seasoning, lemon pepper, garlic salt and fuckin' pine nuts. That's right Pine Nuts.

You're gonna have to fucking deal with that Karen. (My ED is called Karen BTW)

#Recovery #EatingDisorder #FoodPics #ChoosingRecovery #FuckingDoIt! #VentPost

TW eating disorder ED talk

Being autistic and falling into disordered eating is so easy. I used to take advantage of my poor interroception to go without food for most of the day. It's easy to starve if you can't feel your body signals. I already had dissociated from my body to survive sensory overwhelm from daily life. So it was a very small, easy step to develop an ED.

It offered me all the control that I didn't have in my daily life. And of course at the time I thought I was just making a healthy change. I didn't realise what I'd done until years later.

Having poor interroception also makes it hard to recover. Intuitive eating isn't really that intuitive for me. There are other ways to recover, I know. It's just an obstacle I've observed.

#autism #autistic #ActuallyAutistic #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #EatingDisorderRecovery #EatingDisordersAndAutism #EatingDisorder

"For years, I didn't eat properly, and it got to a point where I completely cut out foods I thought were bad for me, such as my favorite, budae jjigae. Then finally, in November of 2021, I was diagnosed with an eating disorder."

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/16/1187992896/nprs-student-podcast-challenge-has-a-new-award-for-stories-about-mental-health

#aapi #aanhpi #mentalhealth #food #eatingdisorder #podcast

social media and food

while I feel honestly mostly okay with the whole body image thing when I browse social media, I just cannot deal with the constant food talk. I just browsed my mastodon timeline for the first time in a while and got reminded of it in a pretty intense way, included a few different and very unpleasant cravings for stuff I don't even like.

social media is tough.

https://alexsirac.com/social-media-and-food/

#EatingDisorder #en #SocialMedia

I found this particular resource very helpful whenever I have no #appetite, struggling with #nausea, or #FoodRepulsion.

https://afullbite.com/what-to-eat-when-nothing-sounds-good/

#DisorderedEating #EatingDisorder #EatingDisorders #MentalIllness #MentalIllnesses #MentalHealth #BoringSelfCare #SelfCare #SelfCareTip #SelfCareTips

My review of the book I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy #anorexia #bookreview #bulimia #Celebrity #celebrityautobiography #childactors #childstars #eatingdisorder #emotionalabuse #iCarly #JennetteMcCurdy #SamandCat #substanceabuse

https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2023/07/08/book-review-im-glad-my-mom-died-by-jennette-mccurdy/

Research into #EatingDisorders tends to exclude older people. Researchers looking to study interventions tend to recruit participants from social media or from #EatingDisorder clinics – meaning older adults are largely ignored. Consequently, guidelines for interventions are based on evidence for what works in a younger cohort. https://theconversation.com/older-people-have-eating-disorders-too-but-theyre-a-largely-ignored-group-201053
#WomensHealth #InclusiveHealthcare #ageism #WomenWithDisabilities #WomensMentalHealth #InclusionMatters #RepresentationMatters

Eating Disorder Helpline Disables Chatbot for 'Harmful' Responses After Firing Human Staff
“Every single thing Tessa suggested were things that led to the development of my eating disorder.”
By Chloe Xiang

#AI #chatbot #eatingdisorder

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvk97/eating-disorder-helpline-disables-chatbot-for-harmful-responses-after-firing-human-staff?mc_cid=d06f542d92

Eating Disorder Helpline Disables Chatbot for 'Harmful' Responses After Firing Human Staff
“Every single thing Tessa suggested were things that led to the development of my eating disorder.”
By Chloe Xiang

#AI #chatbot #eatingdisorder

https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvk97/eating-disorder-helpline-disables-chatbot-for-harmful-responses-after-firing-human-staff?mc_cid=d06f542d92