It’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week in Canada
February 1st-7th marks Eating Disorder Awareness Week in Canada. This week is deeply meaningful to me, as I suffered for so many years of my life with pervasive and intrusive rules and rituals around food and my body. When I recovered, I made it my mission to become a therapist and to build a centre for recovery, both of which I would have wanted for myself all those years that I suffered alone.
I've now done this work for almost 20 years and am a mother raising two daughters (aged 7 and 8). It's so important for me to speak out and bring both awareness and clarity to this complex mental health issue impacting so many Canadians.
Credit: Kyla Fox
Most people who suffer from eating disorders are highly competent, functioning, capable, talented, intelligent kids and parents. They attend school, do extracurricular activities, work daily, raise kids and achieve extraordinary things.
This is also why they commonly go unnoticed - eating disorder behaviours are often camouflaged behind all the accolades, behind the messages promoting health, wellness and fitness, and behind the ability to keep on going.
What to look out for that you may not have considered as disordered eating
Remember, eating disorder behaviours start off innocently, with good intentions, and provide relief. Over time, they become rules and rituals that cannot easily (if at all) be broken.
Shift in eating choices towards being "healthy," or eating "clean," or being "picky," eat...
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