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Defining An Eating Disorder

⋅ ⚖️Most of my life I didn’t believe I had an eating disorder because I never thought my weight was low enough. Of course, this is what my eating disorder told me, and therefore thin enough didn’t exist. Because ... ⋅ 🚫EATING DISORDERS ARE NOT ABOUT WEIGHT🚫 ⋅ I engaged…

Posted on January 18, 2021 by brittanyburgunder by brittanyburgunder

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#DietCultureSucks

⋅ 🙄Oh ... and don’t forget to take care of your mental health too! What breaks my heart the most about this is the fact that it’s true. I laugh because this post sums up a dark reality that I and many others have lived —sacrificing our wellbeing for the…

Posted on November 3, 2020November 3, 2020 by brittanyburgunder by brittanyburgunder

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Accepting My Reflection

⋅ I’d rather omit the right photo, but the issue is that’s what I look like 95% of the time! That’s normal! We all have rolls when we sit down, and yet, somehow that’s something to hide. ⋅ It’s taken me a long time to feel comfortable in my skin,…

Posted on May 26, 2020 by brittanyburgunder by brittanyburgunder

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#NEDAwareness Week 2020

💚#NEDAwareness Week ||"Come As You Are: Hindsight is 2020"💙 “Come As You Are: Hindsight is 2020” Eating disorders look like you and me. They look like your classmates, coworkers and neighbor next door. They look like that person who’s always smiling. They look like that person who’s very quiet.…

Posted on February 25, 2020 by brittanyburgunder by brittanyburgunder

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CHOICES

🌀CHOICES There are many things in life that are not our choice, nor are they in our control. It’s easy when you feel out of control to try to grasp onto something that brings familiarity. What if you grasp onto a false sense of control? What if you’re holding on…

Posted on August 7, 2018 by brittanyburgunder by brittanyburgunder

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Are You “Happy” or Happy?

🎭 I was H A P P Y ... Because my "happy" in the past persuaded me to believe life was as good as it was going to get. I could not see that my "happy" actually ranked about a 1 on a scale of 100. So I kept…

Posted on June 1, 2018 by brittanyburgunder by brittanyburgunder

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Do You See What I See? | #NEDAwareness 2018

⋅ 💚💙What do you “see” when you look at this photo? ⋅ Let me tell you what I see... I see a girl with low self-esteem, a girl who’s lonely and never feels good enough. I see anxiety -fear, doubt, paralysis, suffocation. I see depression -isolation, turmoil, defeat,…

Posted on February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 by brittanyburgunder by brittanyburgunder

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Everyone Has A Story: From 56 to 221 Pounds

I really enjoyed creating this video and I look forward to continuing to spread awareness, hope, and a voice of positive impact. Please share this video with anyone you think could benefit. Thank you for being a part of my story. Everyone has a story. …

Posted on December 13, 2017 by brittanyburgunder by brittanyburgunder

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What Was – What Is – What Will Be

November Excerpts -Safety in Numbers & coming sequel Nov 22, 2007 Happy Thanksgiving! Today, however, has not been so happy for me. In fact, it has been a terrible day. I stayed in bed until 6:15 in the evening, and then while my family and relatives were eating Thanksgiving dinner,…

Posted on November 21, 2017November 22, 2017 by brittanyburgunder by brittanyburgunder

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Top 10 Things I Learned Recovering From An Eating Disorder

These are the top ten things I’ve learned recovering from an eating disorder: 1.) It will feel like you’re going backwards for a while. You’ll want to turn back to ED even more. You’ll feel utterly lost and even lonelier. But you are actually moving forward -it’s just foreign territory.…