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My Struggle With Anorexia

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I always want to give credit to a person who has struggled with an eating disorder and has the courage to share their story. I myself struggle with anorexia and other disordered eating tendancies. I intend to work in this field so I have read basically every book on the market.

Not to be critical to the author, who again-kudos for sharing your story-but (And I hesitate to say too much because I don't think anyone with an eating disorder, or in recovery should read this book). I won't say it is triggering, but it is not useful or helpful. Anyone reading this book who struggles with an eating disorder won't be surprised by the intricate details of the book. However, for someone in recovery or -just don't get it. I will give you better reason. It is a very short book, probably written in a couple of days-if that. It is repeatitive and appears to be the author's quest to become proud of her accomplishments-albeit she is not at all recovered. I found it sad the author is so disconnected from her true self and that she would write without a publisher who would steer her in a better direction. For, I believe we need more books on Eating Disorders but if you are going to get something, spend your money on Life Without Ed, or sht even go for Wasted (which I think is very triggering but definitely well written and a piece of literary genuis). Other books to look to are by Mary Pipher, Susie Orbach, and Steven Levenkron. Also, Eating By the Light of the Moon and the workbooks by Mona Villapiano are a MUCH better investment. Best to all and to the author, I wish you the BEST of luck.

When I rate I reveserve two rating, I reserve Fives and I reserve Ones. I do this because there is always something better and there is always something worse. I have found the something worse. This book reads like a fifth grader's report. There is no plot, or even a coherent timeline. She gives you tips and tricks, going so far as to name chapters "How I Fooled My Parents," "How I Kept The Weight Off." She promotes self recovery; a process I doubt works, as it clearly did not work for her. In her recovered stage, she is nervous about eating and gaining weight. She must eat with people to prevent overeating. She is self righteous about herself in the book, and is obviously not honest to the reader. I have read books twice as long in half the time because I could not stomach more than one or two chapters at once. "Anti-Ana" or "Pro-Ana" I would not recommend this to you.

Why didn't I listen to these other reviews? I am not trying to be rude but this was just sad. If I had to choose one word to describe this book it would be "redundant" She wrote the same sentences in every chapter it seemed. I can't even call this a book. It's more like a very poor high school essay or something. I recommend Running On Empty by Carrie Arnold. She's a very honest, intelligent, and talented writer.

This book is a travesty. How someone can write something like this when she is extremely disordered still makes me ill. Talk about an "instruction booklet on how to stay "thin and pretty." I am appaled that this book even exists. It is very sad that the author has not gained ANY insight as she journeys. It isn't worth paying a dime for.

This book is so badly written I stopped after a chaper. tossed it in the trash where it belongs. wish I would have listened to all the bad reviews; they are all true.

Iam disgusted that someone let this women publish this book as a recovered anorexic! This women is still very sick and it shows in her writing. The whole book could have been summed up in two or three chapters. As a recovering anorexic myself I would be very scared to let someone trying to recover from anorexia anywhere near this book. I do feel bad for this women, it doesn't seem like she really ever got help for her disease. She's still living with her parents, still afraid of food, and now has found yet another problem to obsess about (her voice is not perfect). This book is just horrible!