KC teen who struggled with anorexia for years talks about moment she finally got help
National Eating Disorders Association reported a 41% increase in calls for help in 2020 Share Updated: 10:58 PM CDT May 18, 2021
National Eating Disorders Association reported a 41% increase in calls for help in 2020 Share Updated: 10:58 PM CDT May 18, 2021
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Show Transcript SAVED HER LIFE. WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH YOU? WHO’S THAT? HAVE YOU BEEN TOO MUCH ON YOU? ALL ISABEL MAYOR, KEN SNTU CROWDS WITH HER VOICE. TBU HER TALENT WAS BEING OVERSHADOWED BY WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF THE WAY SHE LOOKED IN THIRD GRADE. JUST ONE DAY IT KIND OF CLICKED LIKE HMM. I THINK I’M MORE OVERWEIGHT THAN SO OTHERME GIRLS GIRLS IN MY GRADE. THOSE FEELINGS DIDN’T EPKE A BELL FROM THE STEAG BUT IT DID KEEP HER FROM FOOD. ANOREXIA WAS PART OF HER LIFE UNTIL COVID-19 STRUCK WITH THE WORLD SHUT DNOW ISABEL SPENT HOURS ONLINE OBSESSING ABOUT DIETGIN EXERCISING AND LOSING WEI
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Alicia Lewis has struggled with a binge eating disorder for most her life. It involves eating large amounts of food in a short period of time.
Like others who suffer with the issue, Lewis, who lives in Huntington, often feels a loss of control and guilt.
But overeating is how she copes with her depression.
When the pandemic hit and she was furloughed from work, she found she was more depressed. So, she turned to food.
“I gained about 30 pounds I want to say in probably three or four months just from depression eating,” Lewis said. “I was so unsure of what the future was holding, and I was anxious about my husband going to work and bringing COVID home to me or going out and catching COVID, and I was worried about my mother and my family.”
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