Extra Credit #1

I went to Professor Mann's body image class and spoke to her class about my experience with eating disorders. I used to binge eat and gained around 40 pounds and was going through an extremely rough time in my life. I talked about how it was easier for me to rely on food because it filled a void that I was feeling and it also kept me distracted from dealing with the issues that I needed to face. I talked about how I went through this alone, but my mom finally caught on. I talked about how none of my friends ever asked me if something was wrong and I just kept it all to myself. People asked me some questions about if I'm more open about it now with my friends and I told them that I was more open now with my friends about the situation and that I wish I had let them in at that point in my life because I was at an ultimate low. I was asked my thoughts on how I would've liked my friends to approach me about the situation and I told them that I really don't know what I would have preferred them to say. I decided to stay for the rest of the class because there was another speaker. It was a wonderful experience to be able to speak to other students about my experience and make them aware of eating experiences.