23/02/2026
💜 Breaking the Myths: Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2026
🍽️ Eating disorders don’t have a “look,” a size, or a stereotype—and they affect people of all genders, ages, and backgrounds. During Eating Disorders Awareness Week, I am holding space for honesty, compassion, and understanding.
✨ Recovery is possible, help is available, and no one deserves to struggle in silence. Let’s challenge harmful myths, speak more kindly to ourselves and others, and remind anyone who’s struggling that they are not alone—and they are worthy of support, care, and healing.
✨ Myth vs Fact ✨
Myth: Eating disorders are about vanity or a desire to be thin.
Fact: They are complex mental illnesses that often involve emotional distress, anxiety, trauma and coping mechanisms — and recovery takes real support and care. 
Myth: Only girls or very thin people have eating disorders.
Fact: People of all genders, ages, body sizes, races, and backgrounds can be affected. Many with eating disorders don’t appear underweight at all. 
Myth: Families cause eating disorders.
Fact: No one “causes” these illnesses — genetics, environment, stressors, and societal pressures all play a role. Families can be powerful parts of recovery, not the blame. 
Myth: Eating disorders aren’t serious.
Fact: They are life‑threatening if untreated and deserve the same compassion and attention as any other mental health condition. 
💬 Why this matters: Every body deserves care, understanding, and support — not stigma or silence. If you’re struggling or know someone who is, reach out — recovery is possible.
