Eating Disorders

Includes anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder / compulsive overeating, and eating disorder not otherwise specified (EDNOS). Mental illnesses involving a combination of thoughts / feelings, behaviors, and symptoms linked to eating/food and weight gain/loss and body image and physical symptoms.

Wintergirls
Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
I’m Glad My Mom Died
Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
The Best Little Girl in the World
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self
Just Listen
Skinny
Thin
Paperweight
Perfect
Elena Vanishing
Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia
Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders
The Diabetes Code by Jason FungWhy We Get Fat by Gary TaubesThe Case Against Sugar by Gary TaubesFat Chance by Robert H. LustigGood Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes
Anti-Sugar
64 books — 9 voters
Uprooted by Peter J. BoniThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkHidden Valley Road by Robert KolkerThe Gift of Therapy by Irvin D. YalomMaybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb
Outstanding Reads: Psychology
95 books — 12 voters

The Care & Keeping of You by Valorie SchaeferA Smart Girl's Guide to Money by Nancy HolyokeSchool RULES! Math by Emma MacLaren HenkeIs This Normal? by Norm BendellClutter Control by American Girl
American Girl Guides
99 books — 8 voters

Naomi Wolf
Cosmetic surgery processes the bodies of woman-made women, who make up the vast majority of its patient pool, into man-made women.
Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth

Laurie Halse Anderson
Another page turns on the calendar, April now, not March. ......... I am spinning the silk threads of my story, weaving the fabric of my world...I spun out of control. Eating was hard. Breathing was hard. Living was hardest. I wanted to swallow the bitter seeds of forgetfulness...Somehow, I dragged myself out of the dark and asked for help. I spin and weave and knit my words and visions until a life starts to take shape. There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are on ...more
Laurie Halse Anderson, Wintergirls

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Stick Figure a group about eating disorders, how to spot if someone has one, what to do, and talk about your …more
28 members, last active 11 years ago
Healing Your Relationship with Food, Spirit, and your Body A bookshelf to guide you on your healing journey with food, body image, anxiety, and other stres…more
16 members, last active 7 years ago
Starving for Love This is an open group about eating disorders, like anorexia and bulimia. We're all a family here…more
68 members, last active 9 years ago
Reading Instead of Eating This is a group for people who have a tendency for emotional eating. Whatever you like to read, …more
3 members, last active 14 years ago