(TW ED) My ED Caused Heart Failure & Almost Killed Me w/ Kate Avnaim | The Hopeaholics Podcast #354 from The Hopeaholics

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(TW ED) My ED Caused Heart Failure & Almost Killed Me w/ Kate Avnaim | The Hopeaholics Podcast #354

1 hour 5 minutes Posted Aug 17, 2026 at 5:00 pm.

— Dad diagnosed with brain cancer

— Remove the tumor and lose everything, or 7 more years

— The beginning of losing control.

— Mom laid off right after his death

— No prior body image issues

— The eating disorder started

— Wore a weighted vest to fake the scale at the doctor's office

— No blood could be drawn from her arm

— Bradycardia: dangerously low heart rate

— Hating the mirror, isolating from everyone

— 35 days in the hospital

— Online recovery program at home

— Feeling proud of her body for the first time

— ED are addiction. Once you start, you cannot stop

— Screaming at anyone who tried to help.

— Relationship with God

— Got mad at God after dad died

— Eight months recovered

— What would my dad be thinking watching me in the hospital?

— God gave you this body to use

— Exercise as a blessing instead of a punishment

— What would you tell someone silently struggling right now?

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(TW ED) My ED Caused Heart Failure & Almost Killed Me w/ Kate Avnaim | The Hopeaholics Podcast #354 Kate Avnaim's father was diagnosed with brain cancer when she was just 6 months old. When Kate was 13 they found it had spread through his whole brain. He chose quality time over more rounds of chemo. She was furious at him but she just didn't understand yet. He passed away and her mom was laid off right after, leaving Kate stuck in a permanent feeling that there was nothing in her life sh...

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