Stretched Thin: A Memoir of Anorexia and Compulsive Exercise
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Stretched Thin: A Memoir of Anorexia and Compulsive Exercise
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$24.99
Regular price $29.99
Rachel was 15 years old when she first fell under the predatory, insatiable jaws of anorexia. During her first remission, she felt inspired to become a mental health clinician for others who were struggling with eating disorders. Once Rachel began her career journey, however, she fell into relapse after relapse and found herself living a cruel dichotomy. How can it be possible for one to study the mechanisms of their disorder while simultaneously choosing to obey that disorder? Rachel's story navigates societal pressures for thinness, fitness, and career achievement—all with side notes of boy problems, family disagreements, overworking, and having healthcare providers who misunderstand the severity of anorexia nervosa. All these factors suffice to stretch a person thin.
Choosing to relinquish a seven-year battle with an eating disorder while living in an eating-disordered society is no easy feat. It requires a sense of faith that is woven more deeply than the disorder itself. Rachel makes the ultimate decision to leave behind her eating disorder in hopes of leaving behind a message of strength, hope, and resilience. She proves that freedom from an eating disorder is possible with the right support, no matter how long the issues have persisted before.
Choosing to relinquish a seven-year battle with an eating disorder while living in an eating-disordered society is no easy feat. It requires a sense of faith that is woven more deeply than the disorder itself. Rachel makes the ultimate decision to leave behind her eating disorder in hopes of leaving behind a message of strength, hope, and resilience. She proves that freedom from an eating disorder is possible with the right support, no matter how long the issues have persisted before.