What’s Eating You? Understanding the Struggle with Eating Disorders

Eating disorders are one of the more well-known and yet highly misunderstood mental health conditions in public perception. Too often, there is a mischaracterization of eating disorders as propelled wholly by a desire be thin. And while this may be the conscious motivation and resulting physical manifestation of the disorder, there is much more to be understood about the psychological processes driving the relationship to food and the body.