Author: Robyn Schindeldecker
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How I’m handling eating disorder recovery challenges
To say that I was a heartbeat away from death due to an eating disorder is both melodramatic and cliché. It’s also true. Last winter I entered the Anna Westin House, a residential eating disorder treatment facility in St. Paul, Minnesota, depleted yet determined to reclaim a life that I was barely living. My decision was reinforced by…
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Recovering from an eating disorder: What it’s meant for me
This December, I traded the freedom of an unsupervised bathroom for the freedom from a knock-down-drag-out fight against my eating disorder by admitting to the Anna Westin House, a residential treatment facility in St. Paul, Minnesota. I entered with twin threats looming over me: a petition filed by my care team requesting my involuntary placement in…