Dear readers, The topic of eating disorders in the Orthodox Jewish community first piqued my curiosity after reading this [TRIGGER WARNING: This article deals with the topic of eating disorders and may be triggering to some people] article in Tablet Magazine over the summer. The article describes how prevalent the disorders are in our community [...]
ReadTRIGGER WARNING: This content deals with the topic of eating disorders and may be triggering to some people. When the Amherst Student published an article about rape in October, the article included a disclaimer at the top, “Trigger Warning: This content deals with an account of sexual assault and may be triggering to some people.” [...]
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TRIGGER WARNING: This content deals with an account of an individual with anorexia and may be triggering to those struggling with an eating disorder. It couldn’t be. Those doctors were wrong; they had to be. After all the tests I took, the pain I went through, and the tears that were shed, this was the [...]
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TRIGGER WARNING: This content deals with an account of an individual with bulimia and may be triggering to those struggling with an eating disorder. —–The identity of the person interviewed has been changed for purposes of privacy.—- We’ve just finished bentching and are about to go on our Shabbos afternoon walk. It’s our shana rishona, [...]
ReadTRIGGER WARNING: This content deals with the topic of eating disorders and may be triggering to some people. It was just a regular online chat with one of my best friends, talking about whatever random stuff we always talk about. Teachers. Schoolwork. Gossip. The usual suspects. That’s when she told me that she’d had an [...]
ReadTRIGGER WARNING: These poems contain graphic accounts of an individual living with bulimia. They may be triggering to those struggling with an eating disorder. I am bulimic. A non-functioning person. I see all the normal people who eat. Who live in a world where food is their friend and not their enemy and I wonder [...]
ReadDear readers, If you suspect that you or a loved one has an eating disorder, help is near. Use the links below to seek assistance. Use the NEDA locator to find treatment centers near you: http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/find-treatment/treatment-and-support-groups Begin learning how to care for a loved one: http://www.something-fishy.org/helping/whatyoucando.php See that Orthodox accommodation for treatment exists: http://renfrewcenter.com/services/specialized-programs/observant-jewish Of [...]
ReadTRIGGER WARNING: This content deals with the topic of eating disorders and may be triggering to some people. There are many pressures in the everyday life of a frum girl that may bring about the desire for weight loss and unhealthy dietary control. As several articles have recently highlighted, eating disorders represent a serious and [...]
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