Thirty-year-old Saanya Ali has lived with eczema for as long as she can remember, but a recent flare-up during a vacation on the Italian coast hit her differently. "It was the worst eczema of my ...

I was 16 when I first developed an eating disorder. I was 24 when I finally cried out for help. I was 27 when I realised the damage I had done to my body. Perhaps it was inevitable. I was always ...

Benjamin Michael was at the height of his real estate career before he became debilitatingly ill. “It was quite a dark period for me in my life,” the 24-year-old told The Independent in New York City ...

I can’t remember the day that I decided to start starving myself. I can’t remember if it was a particular day, specific event or a mounting of occurrences that spurred me into an eating disorder. Like ...

Among the most upsetting phrases to hear during pregnancy, “Just wait” reigned supreme as my least favorite. “You think you’re tired now? Just wait,” they said. “You don’t have time to tackle your ...

For me, the last two months of the year feel like a minefield. With each cheerful celebration comes an abundant spread of food, but also the temptation to overeat. I struggle with a binge eating ...

At my worst, I weighed 83 pounds, had a 14.2 BMI, and racked up four hospital stays. The day my mother received the call telling her that her daughter was on the verge of death, she was in the middle ...

There was a time when I couldn’t imagine getting on a plane, let alone biting into a croissant in Paris or swimming in the Mediterranean. Or rather, I could imagine those things, but they lived in a ...

I have been asked by several readers of this blog to say more about my own story of recovery from anorexia and binge-eating disorder. I had a classic case of anorexia in the 1960s while I was in high ...