SOME PEOPLE HAVE REAL PROBLEMS. A Story on Judgment for Eating Disorder Awareness Week
I kept myself pretty silent on the subject of my anorexic tendencies for most of my life in fear of the sentiment: Some people have real problems. I mean, we’re talking the epitome of #FirstWorldProblems, are we not? (Can you tell I have well-honed self-judgment skills?) Shame prevailed, and I remained limited…in every area of my life. Cool!
Then, I did my one woman show on twenty years of eating disorders, changed my life and others, and found that I was met with gratitude for giving voice to many people’s story, rather than judgment for being a whiney little bitch. Who‘d’a thunk’?
Then recently, some judgment flew my way from an unexpected source.