Zoe's Story: inside the mind of someone with an eating disorder
About this episode
Zoe Sheehan shares her personal journey of healing from multiple eating disorders and offers insights for carers.
As you care for your loved one with an eating disorder, have you ever thought ‘if only I could see inside their head and find out what’s going on!’ In this episode of the Strong Enough podcast Zoe Sheehan gives you a chance to do just that as she describes her experience of healing from Anorexia, Binge Eating Disorder, Bulimia and Body Dysmorphia over more than a decade. Zoe talks about the treatments that worked, the mental health pressures - especially as a neurodivergent and queer person - the importance of family in recovery and the moment the penny dropped that this was a life or death situation. If you have wondered “how does a person with an eating disorder think?” Zoe has lots of insights on what it is like living with an eating disorder PLUS advice for carers looking after loved ones. “It is not who you are looking after, it really does take over your brain and your daughter or your son or whoever is going through it is in there somewhere. It just takes a lot to get them back out of it,” says Zoe. If you become an EDFA member, you can hear hundreds of hours of content like Zoe’s story PLUS regular webinars with industry experts, researchers and lived experience carers…
People in this episode
Guest: Zoe Sheehan
Topics covered
- eating disorders
- mental health
- recovery
- family support
- neurodiversity
- queer identity
Keywords
- eating disorder
- Anorexia
- Binge Eating Disorder
- Bulimia
- Body Dysmorphia
- mental health
- recovery
- neurodivergent
- queer
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Eating Disorders Families Australia
Products: Neuro the Cookie
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