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5 Eating Disorder Myths Busted!
Now Let’s Check The Facts
Today we’re going to bust eating disorder myths and spread some truth. I write a lot about mental illness and body liberation. I fight for fat people to be treated as people, not as a despised underclass or lesser beings. It’s both shocking and deeply upsetting to me that I need to do this. In a world where we see such cruelty, violence and anger, why turn on people who have done nothing to harm anyone else? I don’t get it, and I don’t think I ever will. Fatphobia causes enormous psychological damage to many people. This is a fact. One of the most harmful aspects of that damage is undoubtedly eating disorders.
Eating disorders have been in the media spotlight due to fat activist Tess Holiday. Tess has recently opened up about the fact that she has anorexia. I’m sure many people would laugh at this notion and say hurtful things like, “You’d never know it to look at her”, “Come off it! Someone who’s obese has anorexia?” Or “Maybe she’ll lose some weight now. It highlights how deep fatphobia runs in our society and our lack of understanding of eating disorders. So let’s talk about eating disorder myths and facts.
Eating Disorder Myths №1
Only thin people are anorexic. We all recognise the classic idea of an anorexic. They are extremely thin with protruding…
