By Mike Parker | Date 20th of October 2022
One day to my amazement, a psychiatrist told me she thought I might be anorexic, extremely thin and refusing to stay at a healthy weight, but was not going to institutionalise me because I showed a commitment to gaining weight. I was amazed because I went to see the psychiatrist about being depressed! I rebelled greatly against the suggestion I had an eating disorder (ED) because it made no sense to me. ED are what girls have right? How wrong I was! ED can affect anyone and usually starts in adolescence. For years, I carried on without recognising the signs and even put on a lot of weight because others would insist that I eat something. Once I got away from these people, I went back to my old ways and started to feel better. Yes, that is right, I feel better when I am either starving myself or underweight.