‘Reasons To Date A Girl With An Eating Disorder’ Reminds Us Of How Vile The Internet Can Be

No one from my past relationships had made a point to ask me this question. Instead, I always had to force the information about how my eating disorder might show up in our relationship on these people. And it was more important than most people realize.

They simply create a list of observable behaviours and call that the disorder. If this were how mental illness actually worked, you’d expect the.

I was diagnosed with depression and anorexia when I was at uni. At the same time I developed a relationship a man who quickly became my husband. I was very ill throughout our relationship and it was very hard for him to see someone he loved in such pain. He played the part of my carer on many occasions; unless carefully managed, this does not make for a good, healthy or equal, relationship. He tried to support me, but I had multiple admissions to hospital when acutely unwell and this took its toll on him.

Relationships are very tricky when mentally ill. I got to a point in my recovery where I needed to start exploring relationships in order to restore my faith in men.