Hi, I'm new to your channel and already love it. I'm 22 years old and have struggled with binge eating, and bulimia since I was 14 years old with periods of heavy restriction. One thing that I want to note is that the image of an eating disorder is also misguiding mental health professionals. When I first opened up about my bulimia and issues with food I was shrugged off for a long time because I was a "normal" weight. This led me to stay in denial of how serious my issues with food was. All they'd do would be to tell me to eat 3 tikes a day and not leave the table for an hour afterward. This led me to believe for years that I needed to be extremely thin and unwell in order to be "sick" enough to give myself permission to strive for recovery. It wasnt until I became extremely underweight and unwell that I started being taken seriously, thus further perpetuating the idea that I needed to be thin to be sick enough to be taken seriously even by mental health professionals. This is why I'm so glad to see people speak out about their stories because the truth is that the majority of eating disorder sufferers aren't necessarily underweight. I'm still struggling with my eating disorder day to day but im determined to recover

Thank you.

I am so happy for you! ❤ I wish Eugenia would try to start recovering.

sadly i hear this way too late ^^. i live in germany and have social care system in the monetary background because never learned a profession and never worked due to the illness. i was pissed off " coaches" earning like thousands of dollars with their work and in germany health care is supposed to be free ( sometimes it is, but its rationalized, monetarized and cut down) and really had struggles to learn to hear on my self because i forgott how this voice sounds like. in this case media was not a good adivce-giver.

Thank you for posting this when you did. It took awhile to sink in, but i have detached myself emotionally from that situation. Thank you for the heads-up, and thank you for protecting me

Air Guns in the mirror 🤩 YES!! Love this - thank you

Some of us are wired to express our emotions through our body image! So true, there’s a few days during that time of the month I know when I look in the mirror how I see my body just isn’t real. Hormones, iron levels, whatever else is going on impacts what I see/feel about my body. I use the tricks i learners in the beyond body body image course and I focus on not body checking/limiting mirror time

Mia I appreciate this video so much as someone with very close friends who've suffered from eating disorders, but I find myself rewatching it when I see someone I love in any self destructive behavior pattern because it keeps me grounded and reminds me of how much they have to want it for themselves. It's so helpful every time, thank you!

I enjoy autumn for the first time because I am not constantly freezing (from the inside). My sleep is also better and deeper.

i dont understand why its isnt as easy in us like in germany to sent somone in danger of live and health into psychiatry and treat them against their will i got sent into icu and forced into refeeding by court.

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Great episode! Her work is really inspiring, I'm sure her mom would be freaking proud of her.

I get stuck iin one of this: Too much body checking, hating my image, looking too much in the mirror OR covering/removing mirrors, never check, getting panickally upset (literally) if I see myself in a mirror or window. I have been told to remove mirrors as you suggest, but I then got totally stuck in this, and it is really obvious to others that I cant look in mirrors, se pics of myself, try clothes or eye glass frames (and look in a mirror), take phot for passport or drivers licence (I almost lost my driver licence due to me not beeing able to get my photo). As soon as I try to look in the mirror, I get severe anxiety and panic, or stand checking until I get anxiety and find flaws. What to do? I really do not think removing pics and mirrors was a good thing. As long as I for real never ever see myself, everything goes well. But life is not like that. I HAVE to get passport picture, I HAVE to check glass frames in the mirror and so on. By not check at all I also left house with food stains in my face, since I just cant check. 😢

My30s were the best ❤

NZ is going Trump, it is a disease and it is spreading, To fight back is counterintuitive, Scott Galloway has interesting viewpoints and possible answers (Scott door knocked for Kamala Harris - so he's on the right side), the fight back requires addressing the issues affecting young men, it doesn't look like the way to go on the surface - however those are the votes that are needed to pull this back from the brink, and they are the army needed to remove this infestation of Trump. Musk Bazos, Zuckerberg, Rogen, Tate, Key, Theil and others.

I'm a mother, grandmother and more, I don't want any of family to go through what is going to happen here in the United States of America

super relatable and important to discuss <3 ty for this

Thank you. 100% correct. Absolutely crushing - I'm 63, very thankful to live in California, which is better than many other places, but no one is safe.

The Manchurian candidate

Totally agree with you

It’s a sad sad heartbroken day😢

Thank you for having the back of reasonable Americans. It's a dark, dark week over here

As a white woman in the US, I am horrified, outraged, heartbroken...all the words. I have spoken to all my female friends who feel the same. The world around me feels hostile with the knowledge that the majority of the population here has shown their support for this movement. I have a 7-year old daughter. I always thought by the time we got to this point, the world would be better for her but instead we are moving backwards. I am inspired by your words, Mia, and I thank you for them. I want to be an active example for my children (my 4-year-old son as well) by teaching them that hate AND indifference cannot win.

Support from a Canadian student, victim of her professor <3 Wishing the university would do something :(

Damn, RIP to the American woman whose comment was deleted.

Mia ❤my mum passed away 13 hrs ago. I hear you. I miss her every day, every moment..., I'm watching some of Ur videos and this one in particular is kicking me forwards. I want what you have and your making me feel like it's actually still possible. Even at 48. Mia I wish I could be there where you are. But I'm not. But I want to be. And that's me. I want to be..... And your works are so pertinent....

6000 subscribers Mia.... Look at it now :)

Thank you always Mia. Thank you Turia! 🌹🌹

Turia. ❤

Thank you Mia and guest!!

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Thank you for your always thoughtful videos Mia! And Holly!

The IG post from Sarah can be seen in 2 ways. 1:She mentioned that it is for all those who did n 360 and now are balanced, 2: however it can also be seen in a distructive way. In the sphere of health you have to be very careful on wording and intention

The fairytale wedding July 1981! I was 10 it was such a fantastic day, wonderful atmosphere and a beautiful Diana looking stunning 🌹♥️

Great discussion, thank you both!

very well sonw vidoe♥ i suffere ED 20+ years

No one can help you. You have to want it. You can't talk someone into wanting it either. The more you try the more they want to keep doing it. The same can be said about other addictions.

Body checking, yes. I spend too much time rubbing my body checking for bones and checking them in the mirror. And I haven't done the chew and spit thing in years but I did that and thought it was something I thought of myself and I was shocked when I found out it's a common part of eating disorders.

Anorexia was a phrase when Karen Carpenter was dealing with it. I've seen interviews asking her if she was anorexic and she denied it. But I'm sure it was much less understood. It's still misunderstood.

I was weighed at school by the docter when I was 8. He pointed at my belly, squeezed in a little roll and asked me if I exercised enough... I immediately became a vegetarian (the first in my family) and started dieting...now 50 years of long term ED😢

When I was weighed at school the teachers used to say: "you're on a healthy weight. You could loose a few, but it's 'fine'..." I really think this contributed to the eating disorder I developed a few years later.

Me and my brother always had a little bit of lower weights than orhers in school. This caused a bit of insecurities with my body too.❤

What a great episode. Always such great information. Thank you 😊

Oh i was not body positive at school age. If they didthat i was been restricting much younger. Bad enough i got there by myself.the thought of my weight being compared on a blackboard sounds horrifying.

I do understand your point. The thing is, the people who have raised this question, in the end, what they really want? I mean, do they want Cody Ko to be legally held in court and spent some time in jail if all of this proven true and he is criminally indicted, or what would be other option for this if the court does not necessarily make him serve time in jail? In the first option, people would be satisfied, but my problem with the first option, is that technically, this would not make the world a better place, generally speaking. My suggestion would be for Cody Ko to formally and by his own will, pay a load of money for any serious charity organization in order to redeem itself from this allegedly crime. Because, let's say, a million dollar in cash would certainly turn the lives of some people in desperate need around, one million dollars have the potential to change some lives, and with this one i would feel satisfied. I noticed that on your video, you do believe that man always seems to get away because their voice is a maxim for all of this, i get it, but what if i told you that the current "sexual culture" of the USA quite often put millions of men (and especially teenagers) in high risk of doing something unacceptable like Cody Ko did? Let me give you an example. In USA, it seems that the general culture supports pornography to a great extent. In this perspective, these adult-tech-companies are allowed to do whatever extravagant film they want, and they often produce hardcore material and especially material focusing on the fact that their female performers have 18 years old. In this scenario, what you have is tens of millions of adult films exploring 18 year old girls by the fact that, (((maybe))), their natural beauty is """"""worth"""""" of being capitalized on. So when you have tens of millions of Americans watching these types of adult films, what is the likelihood that they will feel entitled to try the same in real life? As these adult films messes up with our inner-cores, how they feel seen all of this? I would say that many of these men would feel the urge to go after 18 year old girls, so in this scenario, of course, many would be finding barely legal girls to date all the time. In my honest opinion, i find this extremely concerning, but i don't see that many KZbinrs arguing against these practices within the adult industry, maybe because they know that many of these companies are accused of human-trafficking and related criminal activity (especially SA). So what i do see, is that Americans want to promote social justice, but don't have that much courage to go right where the problem arise. High-speed internet access to all of this hardcore material is essentially desensitizing man, and i find this disturbing to be completely honest with you. The thing is, IMO, i do believe that pornography causes more harm to the Heterosexual male community than good, but this is just my opinion, but, have you considered what these industries are doing to teenagers who allegedly have easy access to this (((very-concerning))) world? Have you go through reddit and saw many, many teenagers asking for help in dealing with their pornography addiction? Have you ever thought about how adult male predators are made? I guess they don't learn these evil thoughts by looking at stones or trees on the street. THINK ABOUT IT. Myself, by unfortunately having gone through the same pain these kids are going through in this weird and explicit web, i know very well what's going on. As i already explained to you a little bit. So think again, what may have caused Cody to be so desensitized that day? What possibly had also convinced 17 year old Tana to have allowed to such awful and painful experience? Remember that, different than what you have spoken on your video, i do not hold Tana accountable in any shape or form, if she was a victim of a truly disgraceful and traumatizing experience, i want the court to prompt the justice as soon as possible. Sorry for any grammatical errors, English is not my native language.

I needed to hear this at this point of my recovery, thank you fie making this video 🤍

I don't have this, but I'll only eat if my waist is small and my stomach is flat

Since I discovered I can eat peanut butter and not gain weight, there's really nothing I miss

Well, back to listening to you Mia. Which means I'm struggling lol. Bit of an aside - do you have any actionable ideas for how a platform like Google could leverage their knowledge that people are struggling and use that to help them? (Google knew 3 months ago for me, and I've just started the part where I'm aware that I'm having an issue).

Love the discusson about vanity! For me It was a fixation about looks, but not as "look at me I'm beautiful" but as "if I don't do something about how ugly I am I won't be worth anything and anyone". You have no idea how much the concept of "my body Is the least intresting thing about me" helped🧡