My Messy Mind

'would i say I've always had an eating disorder?' is a question that doesn't necessarily have a simple yes or no response to it when i think about my journey from the very beginning. So l et's take it back to my childhood... Apparently i had a really bad asthma attack when i was four years old. I say 'apparently' as i cannot recall the actual event myself but i do remember my time spent in hospital afterwards. In general, i remember feeling sick a lot growing up and all the severe vomiting episodes i had due to my Gastro Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD). I don't remember it but my Mum always says (as per a specialist's recommendation at the time) that she tried me on different "diets" to see if anything would help my stomach - i guess it never did. Overall, i just remember feeling scared all the time i guess but i probably wouldn't have known how to describe or explain the feeling i always felt back then.  On eating itself:   It's ...

Recently I've re-discovered my love for writing and the type of communication with people this form of sharing brings.  It instantly reminded me of a period of time where i would blog often, so here i am!  I feel like i put across what I'm wanting to say more effectively when i write.  Something I've been wanting to share more about is my lived experience with disordered eating. Therefore my intention for this blog space is to focus in on this particular topic alone. While i feel like eating disorders are most definitely experienced by a lot of people, it just as much seems like a particular portion of these people feel more unseen, different and unsupported. This especially seems to apply when their eating disorder comes under a much less well known eating disorder. I happen to be one of these people.  I'm by no means saying that anyone's battle with an eating disorder is any more or any less harder than the next person's, i just hope you know that!  I'm ju...