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Drop everything and read this! It’s very good.
October 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Drop everything and read this! It’s very good.
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Calling all parents/carers who are worried about the Assisted Dying Bill. Please read and sign this open letter.
The assisted dying bill is not safe for those affected by eating disorders
#anorexia #AssistedDyingBill
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The assisted dying bill is not safe for those affected by eating disorders
#anorexia #AssistedDyingBill
organise.network/actions/peti...
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June 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Calling all parents/carers who are worried about the Assisted Dying Bill. Please read and sign this open letter.
The assisted dying bill is not safe for those affected by eating disorders
#anorexia #AssistedDyingBill
organise.network/actions/peti...
The assisted dying bill is not safe for those affected by eating disorders
#anorexia #AssistedDyingBill
organise.network/actions/peti...
Research participants needed!
June 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Research participants needed!
Calling all parents/carers who are worried about the Assisted Dying Bill. Please read and sign this open letter.
The assisted dying bill is not safe for those affected by eating disorders
#anorexia #AssistedDyingBill
organise.network/actions/peti...
The assisted dying bill is not safe for those affected by eating disorders
#anorexia #AssistedDyingBill
organise.network/actions/peti...
Organise: Get heard at work
Over 1 million workers are using Organise to let off steam and take action together. Join for free:
organise.network
June 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Calling all parents/carers who are worried about the Assisted Dying Bill. Please read and sign this open letter.
The assisted dying bill is not safe for those affected by eating disorders
#anorexia #AssistedDyingBill
organise.network/actions/peti...
The assisted dying bill is not safe for those affected by eating disorders
#anorexia #AssistedDyingBill
organise.network/actions/peti...
April 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Homeopathy is arguably the most unscientific alternative medicine.
It postulates that a remedy becomes more effective when the active ingredient has been diluted out of existence.
- Dr. Harriet A. Hall
It postulates that a remedy becomes more effective when the active ingredient has been diluted out of existence.
- Dr. Harriet A. Hall
April 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Homeopathy is arguably the most unscientific alternative medicine.
It postulates that a remedy becomes more effective when the active ingredient has been diluted out of existence.
- Dr. Harriet A. Hall
It postulates that a remedy becomes more effective when the active ingredient has been diluted out of existence.
- Dr. Harriet A. Hall
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‘I soon began to see similarities between the mum on screen, desperately trying to get her daughter out of the cult, and me at home, trying to pull my daughter from the grip of anorexia.’ Rachel Smeeth on the parallels between cults and anorexia.
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Mind Control — Anorexia Myths
Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
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March 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
‘I soon began to see similarities between the mum on screen, desperately trying to get her daughter out of the cult, and me at home, trying to pull my daughter from the grip of anorexia.’ Rachel Smeeth on the parallels between cults and anorexia.
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
‘I soon began to see similarities between the mum on screen, desperately trying to get her daughter out of the cult, and me at home, trying to pull my daughter from the grip of anorexia.’ Rachel Smeeth on the parallels between cults and anorexia.
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
Mind Control — Anorexia Myths
Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
www.anorexiamyths.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
‘I soon began to see similarities between the mum on screen, desperately trying to get her daughter out of the cult, and me at home, trying to pull my daughter from the grip of anorexia.’ Rachel Smeeth on the parallels between cults and anorexia.
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
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NEW POST!
Guest blogger Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
#anorexia #eatingdisorders #cults #mindcontrol
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
Guest blogger Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
#anorexia #eatingdisorders #cults #mindcontrol
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
Mind Control — Anorexia Myths
Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
www.anorexiamyths.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NEW POST!
Guest blogger Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
#anorexia #eatingdisorders #cults #mindcontrol
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
Guest blogger Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
#anorexia #eatingdisorders #cults #mindcontrol
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
NEW POST!
Guest blogger Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
#anorexia #eatingdisorders #cults #mindcontrol
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
Guest blogger Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
#anorexia #eatingdisorders #cults #mindcontrol
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
Mind Control — Anorexia Myths
Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
www.anorexiamyths.com
March 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
NEW POST!
Guest blogger Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
#anorexia #eatingdisorders #cults #mindcontrol
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
Guest blogger Rachel Smeeth analyses the parallels between cults and anorexia nervosa and asks: can the mind brainwash itself?
#anorexia #eatingdisorders #cults #mindcontrol
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/mind...
Does anyone know if there’s a way of posting on Twitter and here? I need to be on here more on there. It can get so nasty over there.
December 14, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Does anyone know if there’s a way of posting on Twitter and here? I need to be on here more on there. It can get so nasty over there.
Why anyone with a loved one with anorexia should be worried about the Assisted Dying Bill.
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Anorexia and Assisted Dying — Anorexia Myths
Eating disorders campaigners are worried that people with anorexia are in danger of losing their lives under the new law
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November 29, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Why anyone with a loved one with anorexia should be worried about the Assisted Dying Bill.
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
If a patient with a chronic illness refuses treatment and, as a result, is on a pathway to mortality, would this patient’s illness now be terminal?
#AssistedDyingBill
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#AssistedDyingBill
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Anorexia and Assisted Dying — Anorexia Myths
Eating disorders campaigners are worried that people with anorexia are in danger of losing their lives under the new law
www.anorexiamyths.com
November 25, 2024 at 2:23 PM
If a patient with a chronic illness refuses treatment and, as a result, is on a pathway to mortality, would this patient’s illness now be terminal?
#AssistedDyingBill
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
#AssistedDyingBill
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
I love this:
‘some of the consultants there inspired me with their compassion and their relentless hope… I think that’s what really called to me, that the kindness was probably the strongest thing that we had to fight against an eating disorder.’
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/new-...
‘some of the consultants there inspired me with their compassion and their relentless hope… I think that’s what really called to me, that the kindness was probably the strongest thing that we had to fight against an eating disorder.’
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/new-...
New Treatments: Estrogen Patches — Anorexia Myths
In the third in our series on novel treatments, Anorexia Myths chats to psychiatrist Dr Romi Goldschlager about a new trial looking at the effects of estrogen on anorexia nervosa
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November 24, 2024 at 11:20 AM
I love this:
‘some of the consultants there inspired me with their compassion and their relentless hope… I think that’s what really called to me, that the kindness was probably the strongest thing that we had to fight against an eating disorder.’
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/new-...
‘some of the consultants there inspired me with their compassion and their relentless hope… I think that’s what really called to me, that the kindness was probably the strongest thing that we had to fight against an eating disorder.’
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/new-...
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I wrote about concerns over assisted dying for those with eating disorders for the brilliant @nation.cymru - nation.cymru/opinion/as-t...
As the Senedd rejects assisted dying, those with mental illnesses still face high stakes in Westminster
James Downs, Mental Health Campaigner This week, the Welsh Senedd debated proposals to introduce assisted dying but narrowly voted against it, however, momentum is growing in the UK, with public figur...
nation.cymru
November 24, 2024 at 9:47 AM
I wrote about concerns over assisted dying for those with eating disorders for the brilliant @nation.cymru - nation.cymru/opinion/as-t...
Reposted by Anorexia Myths
Please consider this:
⚠️Oregon’s assisted dying laws (closest to that proposed in 🇬🇧) limit assisted death to terminal illnesses only
⚠️Anorexia cannot be defined as a terminal illness
⚠️People with anorexia have HAD assisted deaths in Oregon
🚨We don’t need to fear a slippery slope. It’s here.
⚠️Oregon’s assisted dying laws (closest to that proposed in 🇬🇧) limit assisted death to terminal illnesses only
⚠️Anorexia cannot be defined as a terminal illness
⚠️People with anorexia have HAD assisted deaths in Oregon
🚨We don’t need to fear a slippery slope. It’s here.
November 24, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Please consider this:
⚠️Oregon’s assisted dying laws (closest to that proposed in 🇬🇧) limit assisted death to terminal illnesses only
⚠️Anorexia cannot be defined as a terminal illness
⚠️People with anorexia have HAD assisted deaths in Oregon
🚨We don’t need to fear a slippery slope. It’s here.
⚠️Oregon’s assisted dying laws (closest to that proposed in 🇬🇧) limit assisted death to terminal illnesses only
⚠️Anorexia cannot be defined as a terminal illness
⚠️People with anorexia have HAD assisted deaths in Oregon
🚨We don’t need to fear a slippery slope. It’s here.
Still really proud of this piece, which never really got any traction for some reason. Perhaps because, well…
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Anorexia Nervosa: the Girl Problem — Anorexia Myths
Anorexia was long thought to be almost exclusively an illness of young girls. This perception has contributed to the illness being woefully under-researched and treatment being shamefully underfunded....
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November 24, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Still really proud of this piece, which never really got any traction for some reason. Perhaps because, well…
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
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Some doctors in 2024 believe that, if they discharge a patient from treatment at an extraordinarily low BMI, their brains may be miraculously able to change. There is still a great deal of magical thinking in the world of eating disorders.
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
Anorexia and Assisted Dying — Anorexia Myths
Eating disorders campaigners are worried that people with anorexia are in danger of losing their lives under the new law
www.anorexiamyths.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Some doctors in 2024 believe that, if they discharge a patient from treatment at an extraordinarily low BMI, their brains may be miraculously able to change. There is still a great deal of magical thinking in the world of eating disorders.
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
Some doctors in 2024 believe that, if they discharge a patient from treatment at an extraordinarily low BMI, their brains may be miraculously able to change. There is still a great deal of magical thinking in the world of eating disorders.
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
Anorexia and Assisted Dying — Anorexia Myths
Eating disorders campaigners are worried that people with anorexia are in danger of losing their lives under the new law
www.anorexiamyths.com
November 23, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Some doctors in 2024 believe that, if they discharge a patient from treatment at an extraordinarily low BMI, their brains may be miraculously able to change. There is still a great deal of magical thinking in the world of eating disorders.
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
www.anorexiamyths.com/am-blog/anor...
Have started writing something on the assisted dying bill. It will come as no surprise to those of you who know me that I’m finding I have quite a lot to say…
November 20, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Have started writing something on the assisted dying bill. It will come as no surprise to those of you who know me that I’m finding I have quite a lot to say…