17 Interviews With People Struggling With an Eating disorder

We have interviewed 17 people who have struggled with eating disorders of all types. These stories are full of inspiring tips on how to deal with these struggles. Please allow these stories to be a beacon of hope for you, and know that there is always a way out.

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My Journey of Overcoming Postpartum Depression and an Eating Disorder

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I’ve interviewed 17 people struggling with eating disorders, and here are the top 5 most mentioned tips that helped these people overcome it:

  1. Therapy (8 people helped)
  2. Self-improvement (7 people helped)
  3. Social support (6 people helped)
  4. Reinventing yourself (4 people helped)
  5. Self-Care (4 people helped)

In our many years of publishing helpful mental health content, we always received questions from our readers about specific situations. While we have a lot of helpful tips to share on how to be happier, we simply can’t offer advice for every situation.

That’s why I’ve set out to interview folks with every type of mental health struggle. My job as an interviewer is to categorize these interviews and present them in a way that is most helpful to our readers.

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My Story of Overcoming Binge Eating and Negative Body Image to Achieve True Health

“I couldn’t allow myself to be happy. Even at my lowest weight (which is considered “underweight”), I hated who I saw in the mirror. It was never enough and it would never be enough because my actual body wasn’t the problem. I would never feel worthy until I gave that feeling of worthiness to myself. I always felt I was never enough. I was always anxious and nervous about food.”

Struggled with:
Eating disorder
Negative body image

Helped by:
Reinventing yourself
Self-improvement

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Case studies

My Journey From Alcoholism to 1 Year Into Sobriety and Better Mental Health

“Being sober or being ‘okay’ isn’t about becoming perfect. A lot of people expect to look better or earn more or fall in love and so on. Sure, it can happen – but those are not pillars to build yourself on, because they can fade. You need to do an inventory with yourself or a therapist, look into who you are that brings you such shame or guilt, and start confronting that.”

Struggled with:
Addiction
CPTSD
Depression
Eating disorder
Suicidal

Helped by:
Rehab
Reinventing yourself

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Managing My Flying & Food Anxiety By Forcibly Flying, Trying New Food & Therapy

“My worst moment was when my husband found me sobbing on the closet floor after I had just come home from work. My boss wanted me to work on something I had no idea how to do or any interest in doing. I already felt stupid and trying to work with a coworker on this project was only going to make me feel worse about myself.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Eating disorder
Fear of flying

Helped by:
Medication
Self-improvement
Therapy

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Therapy and Self-Care Helped me Overcome Postpartum Depression

“The depression has drained a part of my life that I will never get back. I can’t seem to not see the dark side of things even when I’m fully happy – I feel like it won’t last. I hid it – until the depression manifested itself into an eating disorder. I got very thin, then people started to worry. My parents pushed me into doing therapy as they were very worried about my health.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Depression
Eating disorder
Postpartum depression

Helped by:
Meditation
Self-Care
Therapy

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How I Managed to Overcome My Struggle With Anorexia

“We were going to “take it easy” and eat around 800 to 1200 calories a day to get started. That did not work for me. I wanted to be “the best” at this diet. I would start at 800 calories a day, then think “well, why not 500? Why not 400? Why not 300?” until I was eating nothing every day.”

Struggled with:
Anxiety
Eating disorder

Helped by:
Therapy