Recover To Flourish | Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast
Recover To Flourish | Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast
Ciandra Birnbaum
Feeling Not “Sick Enough” to Have an Eating Disorder – Debunking This Myth
23 minutes Posted Oct 21, 2025 at 5:00 am.
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In today’s episode of the Recover to Flourish podcast, we’re unpacking a really harmful myth that so many people in recovery struggle with — the idea that you’re not “sick enough” to have an eating disorder. Maybe you’ve felt like your struggles don’t count because you don’t look a certain way or haven’t hit some invisible threshold. I get it — I’ve been there too. In this episode, I’ll share why this mindset is so damaging, where it comes from, and how to start validating your ow...