There often comes a point in a woman’s journey through eating disorder recovery, when she begins to see her body in a different light. Instead of hating it for its “flaws” and trying to punish it into perfection, she begins to appreciate it for all of the things it can do and all of the places it carries her.
Every single day, she battles her disease — there is no respite.
Because she is severely malnourished, she does not think clearly, her thoughts are disordered and her perceptions are skewed. Positive self -esteem is non-existent.
These pressures are leading many students to make dangerous trade-offs when it comes to alcohol and food. In a recent study, more than 80 percent of college students reported that they skipped meals, binged on food and purged, or used a laxative, so that they could “save calories” and binge drink without gaining weight and/or […]
Michelle had always struggled with her weight. She started turning to food for comfort when she was 16 and was being bullied and harassed by some of her classmates.
When she recently, and very quickly, shed more than 180 pounds her friends and family assumed she had done it through diet and exercise. But, the reality was that she was secretly binging and purging five times a day, every day.
The Meadows family of behavioral health treatment centers provides a multidisciplinary approach to treating emotional trauma, addiction, eating disorders, and related mental-health conditions. We provide the highest level of care in a non-institutional, ranch setting. We’re seeking engaged, highly skilled and caring RN’s to help make a difference in the patients we treat. We offer […]