If I wrote a book about the true lived experience of bulimia, would anyone be willing to contribute?
I mean the real experience--the (twisted in some ways) joys and daily lows... The anguish... The self deprecating and dark humor... The shame of how societal norms actually promote bulimia while also condemning it as grotesque and animalistic... Of course, contributors can be anonymous or named.
Having dealt with this crap for 20 years and reading all of y'all's stories and experiences, it has is more urgently occurred to me that public perception needs to change if any of this (recovery healthcare!!!) is going to shift.
I also think that more cishet men with bulimia need to come forward about it for societal expectations and the language of bulimia (which, let's be honest, is abusive) to change. Sadly, Western societies care far more about cishet men than women and queer folks...
Eager to hear y'all's thoughts.
Posted Jun 3, 2025, 4:00 AM UTC