Browsing: Eating Disorder

Wondering about famous people with borderline personality disorder? Not many celebrities or otherwise famous folks come right out and admit to having a personality disorder or other mental illness. But when they do, it helps reduce the stigma and may encourage the not-so-famous who suffer from the illness to seek help. One brave football superstar, Brandon Marshall, publicly announced that he has borderline personality disorder back in 2011. Marshall even started a foundation to raise awareness about mental health and increase dialogue about mental illness. His courage in coming forward with his own struggles will likely inspire countless other people to seek help for theirs.

(Editor’s note: This author shares her bulimia story, but wishes to remain anonymous.)

Eating disorder support groups are commonly used both during treatment and in the recovery of eating disorders. Eating disorder support groups provide sufferers a way to meet others going through the same or similar struggles. Sometimes feeling like, “no one understands them,” seeing others with eating disorders can make a patient feel more comfortable to share her/his feelings knowing that those around them will not judge and will offer eating disorder support.

Eating disorder recovery can seem like an impossible goal to some, but with professional help, eating disorders can be successfully treated. Successfully recovering from an eating disorder requires various types of eating disorder treatment depending on individual circumstances. Therapy, medication, support groups are all part of a treatment program.

Eating disorder health problems and complications are more common, and more deadly, than many people think. Both anorexia and bulimia can cause serious eating disorder health problems including heart failure and rupturing of the intestinal area, either of which can result in death.