I co-authored the surviving eating disorder blog on America's mental health channel, HealthyPlace.com out of Texas, so I do write a biweekly column. Most of the comments that my co-author Jessica and I get are from women who will write to us and ask, “How did you recover? How can you actually get to a place where you feel comfortable living every day and it's not a daily struggle?” So it's mostly that, and mostly women who are starting to recover and they feel triggered. They want to know how to get over that hump, or ways to stop the triggers or to manage them. Very often also what I tell them is that this all seems like it's easy because I'm here today and it worked out, but there was a daily struggle leading up to that point. Also, I have days when I'm not feeling so good.
What we're asked is basically everyday questions in terms of, “Can you actually do it? Can you actually recover and it won't consume your whole life?”
It's mostly encouraging comments. Sometimes we get distressing ones, but mostly it's actually very positive and it helps me to stay recovered, giving peer support.