Your Stories

Our supporter Katie tells the story of how her relationship with her sister was affected by her sibling's eating disorder

In this poignant letter to herself, our supporter Sophie shares her story of caring for her child through their anorexia journey

A mother talks about her daughter’s transition from school to college with an eating disorder.

Thanks to Bolster, Holly has a new lease of life and is stepping outside of her comfort zone.

I understand how the hustle and bustle of Christmas bells and laughter can be so quickly swept away by the intrusion of food-related thoughts that spark from the voice of an eating disorder. I wanted to remind each of you that even though things appear rather dark right now, there is hope!

I reached out to Beat hoping to become a volunteer about six months ago. Before that, I hadn’t heard of the phrase ‘sibling carer’ and had never really thought of myself as being one.

Since I was 14, mental illness has been something I have had to learn to understand. My younger sister has had many problems, from self-harming and depression, to most recently, anorexia.

While all eating disorders and the people who suffer from them are completely different, what they often have in common is that they revolve around control.

A lot of the information out there is about caring for a child with an eating disorder, rather than an adult. Yet it’s so difficult when they’re an adult as you’re unable to intervene – you have to let them make their own mistakes and there’s nothing you can do about it.

Dr Pooky Knightsmith Hesmondhalgh, a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Specialist shares a recent post from her own blog.

Looking back, I have come to realise that the role of carers with people suffering from eating disorders is paramount to their recovery.