Getting diagnosed with an eating disorder happened by accident to Emily Boring.
She went to her university’s mental health office to talk about the anxiety she was feeling, and through conversations learned that her behaviors with food were classified as an eating disorder, she said.
Now 27 and a graduate student at the Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut, her journey of recovery and relapse has taught her a lot about how to care for herself and others, she said.
During Eating Disorders Awareness Week in late February, Boring spoke to CNN about the misunderstanding, shame and stigma around eating disorders so they can be understood.
By Madeline Halcombe