I'm interested in understanding more, partially because the testimony you've given so far is so similar to what I've been hearing for six months in the national defence committee study of ill and injured soldiers with respect to PTSD.
Some 30% of people get an operational stress injury, but the other 70% don't appear to, and 15% appear to suffer from PTSD from similar situations, while the other 85% don't. There's some predisposition even when there's a trauma is what I'm hearing, so that's a deadly illness of the brain as well, which is often accompanied by depression, anxiety, and addictions. It just sounded so familiar. Also, the impact on families and the absolute need to consider the family's well-being and to support the families are so parallel as well.
Of course, there is the issue of stigma and how we reduce the stigma. What would you recommend in terms of a societal shift in seeing this as a brain injury and not as something to hide? Are there some principles you would suggest for how to continue moving forward in our society to accept, support, and not stigmatize eating disorders?