Here’s What People With Eating Disorders Want You to Know

Author’s note: This video discusses disordered eating.

Often people with eating disorders find themselves dealing with a variety of inappropriate and insensitive questions, comments, and jokes:

  • “Why can’t you just stop?”
  • “But food is so good!”
  • “I could never starve myself!”

However, it’s time to turn our attention to understanding what eating disorders are, how they work, and how we can support those who are struggling with them. In this video, several people who are battling disordered eating open up about what they wish people knew.