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Warn & deter
Warn people of what an eating disorder can become and deter others from turning to drastic measures to influence their weight/shape.
About this project
A large part of my continued recovery is my personal drive and motivation to turn 30 years of regrets, wasted time, money, and energy into a positive. I have decided to put my humiliation and embarrassment aside to expose the raw truth about my eating disorder, in the hope I can achieve seven specific objectives
I know I can never turn back the clock and change my past, but I am sure as heck going do everything that I can to use the lessons I have learned to motivate and empower others, and encourage them to fight for a life free from the grips of their eating disorder.
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If I had known where my eating disorder was going to take me when I first made myself sick back in 1994, I may have thought twice. What started as a naïve method to control my weight turned into a lifetime battle that I wouldn’t wish upon my worst enemy. Fighting for recovery is terrifying, but finally realising I had to let ‘it’ go, and doing so, was hand-on-heart the best decision I ever made!
My reasons and goals for creating ‘Munch and Mend’
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Encourage help-seeking
Encourage those experiencing unhelpful behaviours, symptoms, and obsessions around food, weight, and shape, to please seek help as soon as possible.
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Remove shame
Disclose the humiliating behaviours and feelings that drove me deeper into my ED to let others know they are not alone, and remove the shame.
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Move past guilt
Share how I was able to get past the shame and guilt associated with my eating disorder behaviours.
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Tools & letting go
Share the mental and physical tools I learned to help me fight my eating disorder, and how I was finally able to let ‘it’ go.
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Sensitive factors
Talk about some of the more sensitive reasons that made it harder to recover, which were often subconscious.
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Recovery is possible
Be a positive example of how it is possible to recover from a long-term eating disorder, even when you feel you have been ‘written off’ by the professionals and those around you.
