Understanding eating disorders and finding help by Kate Hanselman, PMHNP-BC | Sep 15, 2023 | Beginning Therapy, Eating Disorders, Mental Health Topics These days, it’s not always easy to have a healthy relationship with food. However, there is a difference between feeling guilty after eating dessert and feeling out of control when it comes to when and how you eat. When someone’s relationship with food becomes distorted enough to affect their mental…
Anorexia nervosa: What is it? What are the symptoms? by Alexandra Cromer, LPC | Jun 6, 2023 | Eating Disorders, Mental Health Topics Eating disorders are serious conditions that affect both one’s mental and physical health, and they can be extremely difficult to endure alone. Not to be confused with bulimia or avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, anorexia nervosa, more commonly known as anorexia, causes a person to restrict their food intake with the…
Eating disorders: A guide to achieving a healthy relationship with food by Wistar Murray | May 17, 2022 | Eating Disorders, Mental Health Topics Eating disorders can take many forms: the aspiring model who disappears to the bathroom after every meal; the college student who hoards junk food in his dorm room so he can binge in secret late at night; the gymnast who skips meals and time with her friends so she can…
Holiday eating rules that won’t suck the fun from Thanksgiving by Wistar Murray | Nov 16, 2021 | Eating Disorders, Mental Health Topics, Self-Care A holiday feast should be a joyous occasion, where people clink glasses and indulge in deliciousness and reinforce their bonds of love. But all too often these banquets conclude with a substantial portion of the guests laid up on the couch, dealing with heartburn, hating themselves for their gluttony. (This…
What is binge-eating? When does it become a problem? Do I need help? by Lenora KM | Feb 25, 2019 | Eating Disorders, Mental Health Topics Binge-eating is consuming large amounts of food in a short amount of time. And while pigging out on a bowl of popcorn and M&M’s during a movie night with your friends or eating a whole pint of ice cream in the midst of a breakup might be acceptable, binge-eating is…