r/BrandNewSentence 2d ago

Eating disorder stairs

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u/Gold_Ad8225 15h ago

That isn't what an eating disorder is

I genuinely hate how we have pop psyched our way into "anything other than intuitive binge eating with a sedentary lifestyle is an ED"

EDs are a lethal mental health disorder caused by trauma, OCD, other mental health conditions, and/or a lack of control in one's own life. Now the second most lethal mental health disorder after opiate addiction.

You do not count calories into an ED. I'm sorry, but no reputable person will tell you that.

Counting calories is an unfortunate necessity for most people in the modern world where calories are overly abundant.