‘Food is part of the Christmas fun now’

With the support of her family, she was able to alleviate the symptoms and recover.

Food is fun

Once youve recovered from an eating disorder, you can enjoy Christmas in a whole new way, because you appreciate how hard it used to be.

Food is part of the fun now, but I dont focus on it much. I eat what I want, when I want, without worrying.

But like many people with eating disorders, the memories of those terrible Christmas are still raw.

Pippa was 19 when she first became anorexic, after binge-eating during her teens.

Her first Christmas with an eating disorder was miserable.

I thought I could control things, but I couldnt keep starving myself. So I tried to eat normally on Christmas Day and in the end I became bulimic.

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