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I Had a Choice to Make: Andrew or My Eating Disorder?

When the most important man in your life is the one telling you not to eat too much

Ivy Staker
Human Parts
Published in
7 min readMay 5, 2020

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A black and white photo of the author kissing her husband on their wedding day.
Photo by Maylies Lang Photography courtesy of the author

For over a decade, the most important man in my life was the one in my head who told me not to eat too much. Many people with eating disorders find it helpful to personify the disease. Mine…

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Ivy Staker
Human Parts

Social anthropologist | Passionate about the outdoors | Intensely curious | UX researcher | Fledgling eating disorder recovery advocate