If someone close to you is dealing with an eating disorder, it’s possible they won’t tell you. That’s because eating disorders usually isolate the person who has them. This can make it even more ...

When Erika Queen was growing up outside Olympia, classmates and family bullied her about her weight. "I was always a chunky kid," she said. "I very quickly developed shame around it. As I got older ...

The goal of the first conversation isn't to diagnose someone.

What is atypical anorexia, and how does it affect people who don’t fit the stereotype of living with an eating disorder? When Latoya Shauntay Snell collapsed on a New York subway platform, she thought ...

Using REBT might not change the perception of the person with anorexia; but, perhaps it can be used to help the person to understand that despite what he or she sees in the mirror, others perceptions ...

"What strikes me most about what you write is that you can be so coherent about it all, and understand yourself so much, and still do not just throw up your hands and laugh and say – 'to hell with ...

Why are eating disorders often misunderstood? Many struggle, few are diagnosed: The reality of eating disorders ...