An Eating Disorder Specialist Explains Our Unhealthy Relationship to Food

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As an eating disorder and trauma therapist, Ashley McHan sees patients with an array of issues with food. VICE speaks to her about our unhealthy relationship to food, how it contributes to disordered eating and the underlying causes, similarities and differences of various eating disorders.

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I eat out of boredom, stress and anxiety. Most times it’s not even because I’m hungry. And they’re really large unhealthy portions. And it’s so damn hard for me to stop. I’m not proud of myself

Montanakid

im stronger than my anxiety. we all are. love yourself. stay strong and keep fighting xx

AlessiaBartolini

I wish I had this therapist. Any doctor I've ever talked to says either i don't have an issue because I'm normal size or that it's just food and it's not a big deal. I legit thrash my body daily just to allow myself to eat. I'm breaking.

melissamonterosso

For me it's very important not to be judged by my family members. They think I deliberately choose not to eat enough but I often just don't feel like eating because of non-food related factors. I do also have a strong need to control my life in general and food, although not so important anymore, still plays a huge role in maintainig my regular well-being. If only I eat or drink sth inappropriate or in larger amounts than usual, there's a huge probability I won't feel well afterwards. It's hard to let go, allow yourself to be lazy and eat too much - not to be ideal and workaholic all the time. I must learn that, or at least not to punish myself after all those rare times I let go completely.

zuzannakorbel

I realize sometimes all I think is what is gonna be my next food.. it's like food is the most important part of my day, I relate food with fun and happiness and that's wrong. Now I wonder what happened if I fast for a whole day...I should try it.

flordistil

it’s like u try so hard but u can’t help ur self. ure always counting calories, planning meals but u end up going for a snack even after ur first burp. then u feel sluggish u look in the mirror and feel fat . u snack again becos u can’t stop but feel super guilty after the snack. then u starve ur self the next day till 3pm and the same cycle repeats. :( i can nvr look forward to meals

someone-pidp

I almost never feel hungry and forget to eat.

japrogramer

My problem isn’t ‘I don’t want to eat that etc’ I just don’t have an appetite.. nothing appeals to me.. i feel sick when I eat even if it’s a healthy portion and now I’m severely underweight.. get bullied for it and I can’t fix it

cs

Why do we only ever hear about “ARFID” when the overwhelmingly prevalent eating disorder is over eating (leading to obesity & far worse health outcomes)

dalelane