We often experience or hear about eating disorders. We talk about them–often behind closed doors–as if they’re something to be ashamed of and ignored. Yet eating disorders–like all mental issues–are complex, highly challenging, and often resistant to change. They deserve our attention. And for anyone who’s been mired in an eating disorder or has had a friend or family member struggle with this issue you know how devastating they can be. And in every case I’ve seen, the road to r...| Carla Marie Manly, PhD
I had internalized that I would be socially rewarded for starving myself and I could only earn care by proving I was sick enough.| Mad In America
The following eating disorder post is a personal account by Boston University student Juliya Hsiang. At Walden, we are proud to support the next generation of eating disorder recovery professionals by including occasional student blog submissions. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, “quasi” is used to show that something is almost, but not| Walden Eating Disorders