Eating Disorder Community Chats
This week our chats begin!
Friday, November 17th - 3 pm Eastern (New York, NY Time) for adults
Saturday, November 18th - 12 pm Eastern for Teens
The room will open 5-10 minutes prior to the chat. This week we address the topic of Eating Disorders & Self-Care. As for those in the US we approach the Thanksgiving holiday and those not in the US still has a need for self-care, I thought it would be a great topic to start our chats out with.
I hope to see you join me later this week!
Kristen
Tagging our community members
Indeed, Kristen! I do agree. Self-care, including inner thoughts and how we think about and talk to ourselves, can be really helpful or really harmful. In the earlier part of my struggle with this eat.disorder, Thanksgiving itself - all the lead up to, and then the actual day, and so much like all around food! it was very very hard for me. ( @kristenHR )
Thanks for the invite and I hope to see all y'all! on Friday :)
*Be kind to self, too!* <3 Platy
@cyanPlatypus6370
I'm glad you'll be joining us. Holidays that have food seems to revolve around seem to be some of the most difficult, but definitely not the only times we need self-care. Looking forward to our discussion!
@KristenHR Thank you for sharing details about the upcoming chats. I appreciate your thoughtful support of you to choose a topic that addresses self-care during the holidays and beyond. Eating disorders can be challenging to cope with. I hope everyone attend and share their thoughts on this. I hope to attend if I able to.
@ASilentObserver
Thanks Obs. Self-care is a tool of recovery and healing we need most if not every day in our lives to deal with every day things. I'm looking forward to a great discussion.
@KristenHR
I wish i could be there ): im going to a football game, but this is seriously amazing.
@AvyIsKing
This will be an ongoing discussion chat - every other week, so hopefully you can join us in the future.
@KristenHR
Oh absolutely
Reminder of the chat guidelines
The following are some guidelines specific to the Eating Disorder Sub-Community that we request you to follow along with the general Forum Guidelines. The purpose of these guidelines is to ensure a safe and supportive space for everyone, within this sub-community.
- Refrain from mentioning specific weights or calorie counts to avoid triggering others.
- Remember this is a support community - we should all be supportive of each other’s stories and struggles.
- Everyone’s struggles are different; please avoid encouraging anyone to lose or gain weight.
- Avoid overly graphic content and mark potentially sensitive posts with a ‘Trigger Warning’ at the top line of the post.
- Pro-eating disorder content will not be tolerated.