Eating Disorder Videos
Here is a collection of carefully selected videos about eating disorders, offering information, advice and help.
Anorexia Nervosa
This movie is about one person's battle with their eating disorder. It describes what goes on in the mind of an eating disorder sufferer and how the illness escalates and filtrates every part of their life. Any myths that anorexia is a 'glamorous' disease are certainly dispelled by this video. The song 'Courage', by Superchick (from the album Beauty from Pain) accompanies the movie, and is very poignant.
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"Looking Through Broken Mirrors"
A lecture in understanding Eating Disorders, by Stacey Prussman
Stacey Prussman is a comedian, actress, certified personal trainer and recovering eating disorder survivor and motivational speaker. She speaks to students on College Campuses all across the US and Canada about her struggle with her eating disorder, body image and healing. Looking Through Broken Mirrors addresses the media's influences, along with anorexia, bulimia, crash diets, fad diets, and exercise addiction.
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How an Anorexic Girl Sees Herself
A short, but powerful video to show body image distortion. Often when a person with an eating disorder looks at themselves they do not see what everyone else sees - they have a distorted perception of reality and perceive themselves to be larger than they actually are, or even overweight.
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