The following blog posts are written by people with personal experience of eating disorders. By talking openly, our bloggers hope to increase understanding around mental health, break stereotypes and take the taboo out of something that – like physical health – affects us all.

The 1 in 4 people that experience mental health problems aren’t faking it

Irum, June 9, 2015

I am all about authenticity. I can't stand hypocrisy. Yet I feel quite hypocritical when it comes to one topic: mental health. I'm always retweeting tweets about ending stigma, but I still stigmatise myself. This is probably just because of what I learnt and observed as I grew up, but now I'm aware that there is no reason to continue to stigmatise myself for something that is not my fault. That's something that I am still trying to accept.

Talking about my OCD has made me feel less alone

March 25, 2015

What I want is to live in a world where people can feel comfortable to sit at work and say things along the lines of, "I'm feeling really anxious today" to their close colleagues (with whom they are comfortable sharing family, relationship and who knows what else) - and no-one will think they're weird; for feeling that way nor for sharing the information. Lauren</body></html>

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