Alykhan Asaria
@alykhanasaria.bsky.social
Trying to find my way to somewhere. Living with an ED and OCD. Mental health volunteer/researcher. Please share my pinned post to help improve ED care.
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Alykhan Asaria
@alykhanasaria.bsky.social
· Jan 28
Improving eating disorder care for underserved groups: a lived experience and quality improvement perspective - Journal of Eating Disorders
Improvements to eating disorder (ED) care are urgently needed in the United Kingdom (UK) and around the world. Informed by my lived experiences, independent research, and involvement in the underappre...
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Please read and share my new article to help raise awareness and improve care for underserved eating disorder sufferers and their loved ones.
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jeatdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
“‘Obesity prevention’ can also be a pernicious form of ED promotion… Children are being nudged into disordered eating when they need to be prevented from developing disordered eating.” Please read and share the full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Broad considerations for improving eating disorder care: a lived experience and quality improvement perspective - Journal of Eating Disorders
Improvements to eating disorder (ED) care are urgently needed in the United Kingdom (UK) and internationally. This solution-focused article suggests ways to improve individuals’ access to and experien...
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November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“‘Obesity prevention’ can also be a pernicious form of ED promotion… Children are being nudged into disordered eating when they need to be prevented from developing disordered eating.” Please read and share the full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I looked at some precious photos taken in the early 2000s, back in the Kodak camera days, before smartphones infected humanity. Painfully beautiful memories. I would die to live in that world.
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I looked at some precious photos taken in the early 2000s, back in the Kodak camera days, before smartphones infected humanity. Painfully beautiful memories. I would die to live in that world.
I want to live in a forest. It would be less lonely than living in a town/city that is too scary to step into on my own.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I want to live in a forest. It would be less lonely than living in a town/city that is too scary to step into on my own.
'Quality improvement' of the NHS should be renamed to 'firefighting'.
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
'Quality improvement' of the NHS should be renamed to 'firefighting'.
I hate when my thoughts are rushing and I don't have enough time to write them down. I can't afford to lose them.
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I hate when my thoughts are rushing and I don't have enough time to write them down. I can't afford to lose them.
“Eating disorder (ED) sufferers are not to blame for their EDs, and they are not any less deserving of treatment resources than people with other illnesses.” Please read and share the full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Broad considerations for improving eating disorder care: a lived experience and quality improvement perspective - Journal of Eating Disorders
Improvements to eating disorder (ED) care are urgently needed in the United Kingdom (UK) and internationally. This solution-focused article suggests ways to improve individuals’ access to and experien...
link.springer.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
“Eating disorder (ED) sufferers are not to blame for their EDs, and they are not any less deserving of treatment resources than people with other illnesses.” Please read and share the full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Thoughts are my most precious possessions.
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Thoughts are my most precious possessions.
Dear doctor, I’m afraid some truths are unprovable.
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dear doctor, I’m afraid some truths are unprovable.
I have worked really hard on this comprehensive article, which makes recommendations for improving eating disorder care based on my lived experiences and peer research. Please read and help me share the link so that professionals/policymakers take action: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
October 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I have worked really hard on this comprehensive article, which makes recommendations for improving eating disorder care based on my lived experiences and peer research. Please read and help me share the link so that professionals/policymakers take action: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A very moving report compiled by @dumpthescales.bsky.social
- “An Inquiry into the Prevention of Eating Disorder Deaths” - has just been published in memory of Zara Taylor and other precious lives that have been lost to eating disorders: dumpthescales.org/_files/ugd/7...
- “An Inquiry into the Prevention of Eating Disorder Deaths” - has just been published in memory of Zara Taylor and other precious lives that have been lost to eating disorders: dumpthescales.org/_files/ugd/7...
dumpthescales.org
October 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A very moving report compiled by @dumpthescales.bsky.social
- “An Inquiry into the Prevention of Eating Disorder Deaths” - has just been published in memory of Zara Taylor and other precious lives that have been lost to eating disorders: dumpthescales.org/_files/ugd/7...
- “An Inquiry into the Prevention of Eating Disorder Deaths” - has just been published in memory of Zara Taylor and other precious lives that have been lost to eating disorders: dumpthescales.org/_files/ugd/7...
I won't let anyone turn me into something I'm not because they don't like my authenticity.
October 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I won't let anyone turn me into something I'm not because they don't like my authenticity.
I don't think it is possible for someone to be 'pro-anorexia' unless they are ill, so I feel a lot of sadness for them, even though I know that anorexia is a devastating illness that should not be promoted.
October 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I don't think it is possible for someone to be 'pro-anorexia' unless they are ill, so I feel a lot of sadness for them, even though I know that anorexia is a devastating illness that should not be promoted.
I never know when to stop.
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I never know when to stop.
Starvation causes more harm when you are young, while your bones and brain are still developing.
October 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Starvation causes more harm when you are young, while your bones and brain are still developing.
It's so sad that young people with eating disorders are talking about 'harm reduction'. Harm reduction causes much more harm when you are young, when your brains and bones are still developing. It's not supposed to be for people who have their lives ahead of them. 😢
October 20, 2025 at 12:46 PM
It's so sad that young people with eating disorders are talking about 'harm reduction'. Harm reduction causes much more harm when you are young, when your brains and bones are still developing. It's not supposed to be for people who have their lives ahead of them. 😢
"You keep on building the lies
That you make up for all that you lack." - Sarah McLachlan
That you make up for all that you lack." - Sarah McLachlan
October 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"You keep on building the lies
That you make up for all that you lack." - Sarah McLachlan
That you make up for all that you lack." - Sarah McLachlan
Looking away is irresponsible but intervening is impossible. My constant dilemma.
October 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Looking away is irresponsible but intervening is impossible. My constant dilemma.
I wish people who hate me could tell me rather than leave me in uncertainty. Not knowing is worse.
October 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I wish people who hate me could tell me rather than leave me in uncertainty. Not knowing is worse.
"Don’t give up. There is a future for you. Do your best while you’re still on this beautiful Planet Earth that I look down upon from where I am now. God bless you all." - Dr Jane Goodall youtu.be/lfLKHY52ERc?... via @YouTube
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October 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
"Don’t give up. There is a future for you. Do your best while you’re still on this beautiful Planet Earth that I look down upon from where I am now. God bless you all." - Dr Jane Goodall youtu.be/lfLKHY52ERc?... via @YouTube
People make it easy for someone to give up on themself when they have given up on them first.
October 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
People make it easy for someone to give up on themself when they have given up on them first.
I am guilty of trying to be a rescuer rather than a companion. Silent presence is impossible over social media, which kills the healing power of in-person contact, which I dearly miss. I need to learn to shut myself up and accept that I can't help virtually. I'm sorry.
October 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I am guilty of trying to be a rescuer rather than a companion. Silent presence is impossible over social media, which kills the healing power of in-person contact, which I dearly miss. I need to learn to shut myself up and accept that I can't help virtually. I'm sorry.
The willingness to be present, to stay, to not leave – even when there is silence – speaks a lot louder and hears a lot clearer than words.
October 1, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The willingness to be present, to stay, to not leave – even when there is silence – speaks a lot louder and hears a lot clearer than words.
An empty life is just an existence.
September 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
An empty life is just an existence.
I often wonder whether people who were supposed to care forgot about me accidentally due to their workloads or because I wasn’t worth remembering.
September 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I often wonder whether people who were supposed to care forgot about me accidentally due to their workloads or because I wasn’t worth remembering.
Treatment without compassion is not care.
September 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Treatment without compassion is not care.