Blog Introduction

Hi. My name is Emily, and I am a recovering binge eater. I am a recovering fat person and always will be. Sounds a little like an Alcoholics Anonymous introduction, right? I guess it is in a sense. Binge eating in its own right is as much of an addiction as alcohol or drug addiction—it...

2nd Blog: Starving

I was always a fat kid. Gary made sure I knew that. And so, in my seventh-grade year, I decided I was going to lose weight. The bullying from other girls in my grade had gotten so bad that I came home and sobbed just about every day. I typically only wore clothes from the...

1st Blog: Beginnings

I can trace the root of my body dysmorphia to one specific event from my childhood. My nine-year-old self sat on my biological father’s (Gary) lap in his trailer home. I remember I was wearing a Tweety Bird quarter zip sweater. I was fidgeting with the stitching on Tweety’s head when Gary said, “You would look...