Thank you for reposting this-- I missed it the first time around. As a CEDS therapist and parent coach, I could not agree with you more! There are SO MANY paths to disordered eating and eating disorders, and not all of them have to do with a need for control. Sometimes, energy deficit can flip the switch. I love how you point out that we want to make such a scary illness have BIG meaning. Sometimes it does. Sometimes is was that dang switch!
Thank you for reposting this-- I missed it the first time around. As a CEDS therapist and parent coach, I could not agree with you more! There are SO MANY paths to disordered eating and eating disorders, and not all of them have to do with a need for control. Sometimes, energy deficit can flip the switch. I love how you point out that we want to make such a scary illness have BIG meaning. Sometimes it does. Sometimes is was that dang switch!
Thanks for sharing this. It's so hard to push against these entrenched stereotypes and singular narratives.
Glad to connect with you.