Author: Elena Overfield
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The Pandemic and EDs; Debunking Common Myths around Eating Disorders
Thursday 3rd March This is the penultimate post I will be sharing this week to end EDAW. I hope that those of you who have read my previous posts have had insight into the world of eating disorders and learned some new facts and attempted to understand what it’s like to experience the process of…
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Recovery
“It’s called gaining life back.” The process of recovering from an eating disorder is in no way linear. It is no as simple as some people may think. This is a long post so bear with. Around a year ago was when my family began to worry and ask me to seek professional help. Therefore,…
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Social Media & Eating Disorders
It’s Day 2 of EDAW (Eating Disorder Awareness Week) and today I’m coming to the subject of social media. More and more in the news and media we see promotions of easy “dieting” and “fasting”, new ways to “lose weight quick” and “get skinny” for the summer. I want to share with you today some…
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My Journey
This is the scariest thing I have ever written. How do I start writing about the darkest time of my life? Ok, that started off pretty dreary. I promise you that’s not what I intend to do by sharing my own story with an eating disorder: anorexia. That word alone scares me, and it has…
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The Difficult Subject: Eating Disorders
This week is Eating Disorder Awareness Week, established by BEAT, the leading charity and organisation for eating disorder awareness globally. For me, this is a very important week as I can voice my thoughts on the topic more and share my own story. It is also very scary. Right now, BEAT estimates around 1.25 million…
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Limitations
Growing up it feels like we have endless constraints forced down on us. We’re not allowed to do this, not allowed to do that. Be it because you have strict parents, or you are too young. There’s always rules to follow when you’re in school and living under your parent’s roof. But this doesn’t change…
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Being Alone is OK
Hi, welcome back to Pepetoe. How are you liking the new design? I am in the process of making slight amendments to the colourings and layout of the posts and home pages, so bear with me as I mess around with it! Today’s topic: what it means to actually be alone. I wanted to come…
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The importance of digital detoxing
Nationally, the 5th September marks the day in the year where we step back and evaluate the relationship that we have with our digital devices. Of course, it is not September, but that is a lame excuse. We don’t necessarily need a scheduled day when we have time away from screens and social media. Some…
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