Katherine Chivers
How do you know you have an eating disorder, and not just disordered eating?
In today's world of yo-yo dieting and fad diets - like Keto, the Atkins diet, Paleo, The South Beach diet, the 5:2 diet, the Dukan diet,...
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Katherine Chivers
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
Does anyone else suffer whereby the throwing up of the food is involuntary?
This question is referring to a problem whereby a person eats and then a little while afterwards, their body just wants to get rid of the...
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Katherine Chivers
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
Can you be diagnosed with an eating disorder when you’re overweight?
YES! Absolutely you can. I guess one of the problems though that people experience is that they go to the doctor and their doctor might...
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Katherine Chivers
- Sep 1, 2022
- 2 min
Is there a fine line between anorexia and bulimia. Is it one, the other, or both?
Different people experience their eating disorder in different ways. So for me, I was definitely not anorexic, I only had bulimia because...
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Katherine Chivers
- Sep 1, 2022
- 4 min
If you binge and purge, do you know the reason why you do it?
There are a lot of different opinions on what causes binging and purging. It can be different for everyone and you can never really say...
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Katherine Chivers
- Sep 1, 2022
- 5 min
Has anyone been diagnosed with brain-based bulimia?
According to the official diagnostic boards, I've never seen a diagnosis of brain-based bulimia, but there has been research to show that...
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Katherine Chivers
- Aug 22, 2022
- 3 min
Do you have any advice on how to start the recovery journey?
The first thing is to just start, obviously , but it's important because a lot of people won't start because they're too scared, or they...
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Katherine Chivers
- Aug 22, 2022
- 3 min
How do you deal with weight gain & feeling fat? How can I appreciate my body and be happy in my skin
Hello! Today we're going to do a body appreciation exercise. As soon as you can, I want you to find a full length mirror that you can...
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Katherine Chivers
- Aug 22, 2022
- 3 min
I don't ever want to stop throwing up. I feel like it's a part of me.
I can totally relate to this because I have been there. It does feel like if you don't have it, then, well, what do you have? What will...
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Katherine Chivers
- Aug 22, 2022
- 3 min
Does purging get rid of all of your food?
Research has shown that vomiting cannot get rid of all of the calories that you've ingested, even if you do it immediately after eating,...
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Katherine Chivers
- Aug 16, 2022
- 3 min
How do you stop yourself from binging and purging, if in that moment you WANT to do it?
This is a great question. The funny thing is, IT IS a choice, it may not feel like a conscious choice all the time, but ultimately it is...
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Katherine Chivers
- Aug 16, 2022
- 4 min
Can you please remind me how damaging bulimia is because I WANT to stay in recovery
I'm glad you are in the course of recovery and I'm glad that you want to stay there! I'm happy to remind you of all of the consequences...
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Katherine Chivers
- Jun 21, 2022
- 3 min
Does bulimia in the long term change your metabolism? Does it get slower?
Metabolism is the rate in which your body converts what you eat and drink into energy. During this process, the calories from your food...
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Katherine Chivers
- Jun 21, 2022
- 8 min
How does the same eating disorder voice both command me to eat and then tells me to purge!?
To answer this question, I'm going to refer to some work by a man named Dr. Richard Schwartz, he founded, what's known as Internal Family...
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Katherine Chivers
- Jun 21, 2022
- 5 min
How do you resist the urge to binge?
I know that feeling very well because I experienced it for 15 years. I'd get these urges to binge and I wouldn't know how to resist it....
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