Eating Disorders

Includes anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder / compulsive overeating, and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). Mental illnesses involving a combination of thoughts / feelings, behaviors, and symptoms linked to eating/food and weight gain/loss and body image and physical symptoms.

Wintergirls
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
I'm Glad My Mom Died
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
The Best Little Girl in the World
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self
Just Listen
Skinny
Thin
Paperweight
Perfect
Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia
Elena Vanishing
Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too
Geneen Roth
When you believe without knowing you believe that you are damaged at your core, you also believe that you need to hide that damage for anyone to love you. You walk around ashamed of being yourself. You try hard to make up for the way you look, walk, feel. Decisions are agonizing because if you, the person who makes the decision, is damaged, then how can you trust what you decide? You doubt your own impulses so you become masterful at looking outside yourself for comfort. You become an expert at ...more
Geneen Roth, Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything

Laurie Halse Anderson
Who wants to recover? It took me years to get that tiny. I wasn't sick; I was strong. ...more
Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

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Stick Figure a group about eating disorders, how to spot if someone has one, what to do, and talk about your …more
28 members, last active 12 years ago
Reading Instead of Eating This is a group for people who have a tendency for emotional eating. Whatever you like to read, …more
3 members, last active 14 years ago
Eating Disorder Recovery with Measurable Outcomes This is a public group and everyone is welcome! This group was created for those in recovery fro…more
149 members, last active 5 months ago
NEDA Book Club This is a group started by NEDA volunteers for people who want to learn about books on the treat…more
44 members, last active 13 years ago