The clearest picture I get of John in his younger years is he was sitting on the stoop of our backdoor, thumb in his mouth and just observing. Watching the other kids play. He was quiet and very... Read more >>

I always wondered how it was to be anorexic and I sort of wanted to be. I would read all I could about it. I would even try to become it. After reading that you can chew and then spit the food out.... Read more >>

“Look how big my thighs are! I’m so fat. I need to work out soon!” Have you ever heard a statement like this before? Worrying about weight, size, and appearance constantly is called... Read more >>

I was on the phone with my older sister at the exact moment that he died. I had been told for about ten days previous to his death that this was the end for him but I chose not to believe it. THIS... Read more >>

Am I depressed ... I have lost my joy, for the last eighteen months I have not been the same, sometimes I don’t even know who I am. I am a twenty-seven-year-old virgin and all I wonder is... Read more >>

With the New Science of Brain Exercises As a role model for active eating disorders brain and genes change, Sherry is magnificent. Sherry an active bulimic with thoughts of tantrum rage like... Read more >>

It was late Friday night. I lay on my bed, exhausted from the day’s jobs of preparing for the week to come. I was tired and cranky and, in general, in a pissy mood. My list of “jobs”... Read more >>

This story of my life is not intended to be uplifting or depressing; it just simply is the tale of my battle. Growing up with separated parents was difficult in and of itself. They split when I was... Read more >>

Five years ago, Lorri Benson heard muffled gagging coming from the downstairs bathroom in her home. Once she pounded on the door and her sixteen-year-old daughter Taryn opened it, the excuses that... Read more >>