They Say It Takes 7 Years to Fully Recover from an Eating Disorder
Some eating disorder experts say that it take an average of 7 years to fully recover, but when patients are early in the healing process, hearing a long recovery timeline can feel very overwhelming.
Nia Patterson first heard the “7 years” estimate in group therapy at a treatment center back in 2017. Over the last 7 years, they’ve gone through many phases of healing. Today, they’re living a life that looks a lot different than what they expected.
Confronting My Own Internalized Anti-Fat Bias Was a Monumental Step in My Recovery
Being fat in this world is not for the faint of heart. Nia speaks to their journey of experiencing relentless anti-fat bias, internalizing it and beginning to perpetuate it, and then learning to fight back on behalf of their body.
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