Make sure you are extra kind and patient with yourself
23/03/2020
"I can't imagine what it would be like if I were at my worst": a statement I fou...
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Read the latest blogs on eating disorders. Written by our supporters, they cover real life experiences including recovery. Use the drop-down filter above to search the categories.
7 ways I’ll keep working towards recovery during the pandemic
19/03/2020
Like many of you, I too am battling an eating disorder during the Covid-19 pande...
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Recovery in the face of uncertainty
18/03/2020
These are hugely uncertain times we live in right now. It is hard to make sense...
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"I feel very lucky to have found a support group"
26/02/2020
My daughter was 15 years old when she was diagnosed with anorexia by a paediatri...
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Be there for them when they need you
26/02/2020
I struggle to understand exactly what it is like to have an eating disorder and...
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The right support and information helps family understand
26/02/2020
In September 2018, our 11-year-old son was diagnosed with anorexia, depression a...
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"We struggled for 18 months to get help for my daughter"
26/02/2020
My daughter became unwell in her teens with what we now know was OSFED: Other Sp...
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"Great fun and filled with positivity!"
20/12/2019
To raise money for Beat, Jade organised a Dog Jog, a relaxed run for people of a...
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"It was so wonderful to work towards a goal bigger than myself"
20/12/2019
Siblings Izzie and Alex took on a Tough Mudder challenge in 2019 in aid of Beat...
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"I'd like to show people eating disorders come in all shapes an...
20/12/2019
Adam is running a Movie Quiz for Beat next year! We asked him some questions ab...
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"Raising awareness to encourage students to seek help sooner"
20/12/2019
The University of East Anglia’s Headucate have an exciting gala event planned in...
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Coping with dating (read 'rejection') in recovery
07/10/2019
Being rejected is awful. We all know that being broken up after a serious rel...
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