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Read the latest blogs on eating disorders. Written by our supporters, they cover real life experiences including recovery.

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Anorexia stories

H shares her experience and reasons for recovery, offering a message of hope 10 years later.

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Harriet shares her experience of anorexia nervosa and how her experiences have shaped her into the woman she is today.

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Emma shares her experience of anorexia nervosa and how far she's come in her recovery

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Our supporter Hannah discusses finding peace with anorexia, recovery and how the Beat helpline helped her and her family

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Our supporter Charlotte shares her experience of having anorexia at a boarding school and shares her message of hope

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Our supporter Charlotte reflects on her recovery story, and shares her message of hope.

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Ayisha shares her reflections on how her eating disorder affects her relationship to her Muslim faith, family, and marriage.

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Our supporter Amy talks through recovery from her eating disorder, understanding its roots, and regaining control of her life.

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Our supporter Mayuri shares some of her top tips for being kinder to yourself during your eating disorder recovery journey.

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A mother shares her family's experience of her daughter's transition from school to university with an eating disorder.

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I first learned what a calorie was before I started nursery school. Not a unit of energy, not something we need to keep us alive, but something to evade, something dangerous that hid in food and was to be avoided at all costs

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To this day, my relationship with food is a complex one, but I am very much of the belief that next year will be better, and the year after that will be even better.

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