Dragon Slayer
By AJA Our daughter was 12 when she was diagnosed with Anorexia. At the tender age of 12, she was still playing with Barbies and American Girl dolls. It is hard to understand how an eating disorder can completely take over the life of an innocent little girl and her family. But it did. It […]
A Letter To The Eating Disorder
By Becky You skulked in the corner for years; hiding behind the piano as she played, under the table as she scooped out the Halloween pumpkins, lurking behind the Christmas tree when she put the fairy on the top. You ran behind her as she skipped to school with her friends. You were waiting, biding […]
What Parents Can Do To Help
If you haven’t seen this page on our website, here it is as a blog post. It’s too valuable to miss! When a member of the family — child or adult — is sick, parents are expected to research and pursue the treatment they need and to take on the responsibility of caregiving until the […]
You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know
By: Neveen Radwan A year and a half ago, my then 15 year-old daughter was diagnosed with anorexia. It was the beginning of the Covid pandemic, and my extremely athletic daughter began worrying about not staying “in shape” while being in lock-down. She started running, exercising, and slowly cutting out pretty much every single thing she […]
Just Do It
By Charlotte One of the major obstacles I encountered along this journey was overcoming my fear of fear. My fear of the eating disorder. My fear of losing control of this situation. My fear of facing the eating disorder’s wrath. My fear of my daughter’s next move. Sometimes it’s just easier to appease the eating […]
The Quicksand of Perceived Failure
By Judy Krasna, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director Somewhere along the way in every parent’s journey, I think it is inevitable that we all experience a sense of failure. Sometimes, it is the result of a bad day, week, or month filled with painful mealtimes that went horribly wrong. Sometimes, it is when we realize that our […]
What My Daughter’s Eating Disorder Has Taught Me
By Around the Dinner Table Member “Purplerain” Having lived through my daughter’s eating disorder has taught me a lot, and what I have learned helped me to face my mother’s sudden illness and death. I would rather have learned these things some other way, I would rather my daughter never had anorexia nervosa; but she […]
Being Angry
By Natalie M. This is the 6th year that anorexia nervosa (AN) is very present in our lives. My daughter was first diagnosed at the age of 11; and today, a couple of months shy of her 18th year of life, she is once again on the road towards sweet recovery after a severe relapse […]
Perspective
By Judy Krasna, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director I still edit the blogs section of the F.E.A.S.T. website, even after taking on the role of Executive Director, because it’s my passion and I don’t want to give it up. I thrive on seeing the F.E.A.S.T. website populated by our own content, rich with lived experience, wisdom, (super) […]
Mi Verdad
Por Judy Krasna, Directora Ejecutiva F.E.A.S.T.Traducido por Natalie Manqui La semana pasada, una organización a la que sigo en Facebook volvió a publicar las 9 Verdades Acerca de los Trastornos Alimentarios. En los comentarios, hubo resistencia a la Verdad #2: Las familias no son de culpar y pueden ser los mejores aliados de pacientes y proveedores en […]