5 Ways An Eating Disorder can be a Coping Strategy | Eating Disorder Recovery | Food Freedom

An eating disorder is often a coping strategy for deeper distress. It can be a way to gain a glimmer of self-esteem, when you don't feel good enough. It can be a way to find a sense of control, when life feels uncontrollable. It can be a way to numb and distract from difficult emotions. It can become part of an identity as the thin or healthy person. It can be a way to communicate, when it is difficult to communicate through words.

Time slots:

4:42 Self-worth glimmers.

6:38 A sense of control.

7:59 Distracting or numbing difficult feelings.

9:33 Giving an identity.

12:51 A way of communicating to others, what cannot be communicated through words.

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