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Something I hear from a lot of people who are considering going into (or back into) an inpatient-type facility for their eating disorder is “What if I gain weight?” Now, for this blog I’m just going to address this question at its face-value and we won’t go into the fact that there’s probably a wayContinue reading “What if I gain weight?! Guest Blog by Lindsey Hayden”

“Finding Purpose-Driven Recovery,” Guest Blog by Lindsey Hayden What is recovery? What are you recovering? Jump on your Google search engine and look up “recovery” and then click on the images tab. Ten thousand (at least) pictures of mostly nothing. So many ground-level road images where the road leads to seemingly nothing. Where DOES theContinue reading “Purpose-Driven Recovery: Guest Blog by Lindsey H.”

My patients teach me so much! Shame can feel so real in the moment, during the hard times we go through, but it can become the lesser of two evils when we choose it over an emotion too hard to feel. So I just got off the phone with one of my favorite patients (yesContinue reading “When shame distracts you from your REAL feelings”

We are so honored at Ramey Nutrition to share this blog, written by Emma Kerr. 14-05-18 A day I will never forget. It will forever be committed to memory; the day my world was turned upside down and my love, my forever, my life as I knew it gone. It took many months to pickContinue reading “Ramey Nutrition Guest Blog by Emma Kerr”

This is a real life story of Anorexia recovery written by “R.” It was in the eighth grade — four years after my mother died — that I first remember becoming unhappy with my body. Every night, after brushing my teeth and squeezing some blackheads, I’d look in the mirror and pound on my abdomenContinue reading “The Hunger: A True Story of Anorexia Recovery”

Research shows how neuroimaging can help improve our understanding of eating disorders. This article was written by Meghan Rosen. In a spacious hotel room not far from the beach in La Jolla, Kelsey Heenan gripped her fiancé’s hand. Heenan, a 20-year-old anorexic woman, couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Walter Kaye, director of the eatingContinue reading “Neuroimaging Improves Our Understanding of Eating Disorder”

Bulimia Nervosa is  usually characterized by a heightened sense of anxiety, quelled by a compulsion to eat rapidly and compensate through vomiting, abusing laxatives, or compulsive exercising. The stimuli for the behaviors associated with Bulimia Nervosa are usually associated with anxiety or overwhelm. Through my years in treating bulimia, I have noticed an interesting theme inContinue reading “Taking Advantage of Bulimia’s Magic Bite”

If you think you hear women saying “I’m sorry” more than men, you’re right. Women apologize more often than men do, according to a new study. Women vs. Men Apologizers But it’s not that men are reluctant to admit wrongdoing, the study shows. It’s just that they have a higher threshold for what they thinkContinue reading “Why Are Women Always Apologizing?”

Here are the most important things about eating disorders I wish our doctors and other medical experts knew: 1. Men have eating disorders too. This isn’t just a female issue.  We are seeing an alarming increase in the male population struggling with eating disorders. Anorexia’s signature weight loss makes it easier to diagnose than someContinue reading “5 Things I NEED Doctors to Know About Eating Disorders NOW!”

Full recovery from Anorexia Nervosa is very painful, if even attempted.  Our recovery industry in this country is dropping the ball for many reasons, but the overarching issue, is that they are following standards that insurance companies will pay for. If these standards worked, we wouldn’t have the recidivism rates we do. The numbers don’tContinue reading “The High Cost of Anorexia Nervosa”