I wanted to give you all a little bit of an update, I know it's been quite a few months since I've posted a new chapter. Eating Disorders have greatly impacted my personal life and the lives of so many others too. Here are some statistics I collected from ANAD.org
At least 30 million people of all ages and genders suffer from eating disorders in the US alone.
Every 62 minutes someone dies as a direct result of an eating disorder.
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness!
13% of women over the age of 50 engage in eating disorder behaviors.
In a large national study of college students, 3.5% sexual minority women and 2.1% of sexual minority men reported having an eating disorder.
16% of transgender college students reported having an eating disorder.
In a study following active duty military personnel overtime, 5.5% of women and 4% of men had an eating disorder at the beginning of the study, and within just a few years of continued service, 3.3% more women and 2.6% more men developed an eating disorder.
Eating disorders affect all races and ethnic groups.
Genetics, environmental factors, and personality traits all can contribute as a risk for eating disorders.
My hope through writing and sharing this story is that it will be able to mentally transport the reader into the book so they can see through the eyes of an eating disorder so that people can empathize with our pain without ever having to suffer the same way we did.
I am working on the next chapter, thank you all for your support. It means tons! ❤️
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Paper Wings
Genç KurguIs beauty only skin deep? I guess that depends on how we are raised... Have you ever floated endlessly in a sea of thoughts? Trapped, stumbling within your own mind. Go ahead, scream. No one can hear you. These demons are in beaded deep in my t...
