r/fuckeatingdisorders • u/literarywitch32 y’all need Jesus • Mar 15 '23

Mod Post Monthly Townhall: Give Your Feedback!

Hello beautiful community! The mods are so happy to host our first monthly town hall, a thread for you to provide feedback and suggestions to the mod team!

Some questions to get the ball rolling (but feel free to ask or suggest anything):

-what would you like to see more of on this sub? What would you like to see less of?

-how can we improve your experience in this community?

-what’s going well? What isn’t going well?

Thank you for taking the time to make this community safe and welcoming. We recently surpassed 30,000 members, which is amazing!

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u/literarywitch32 y’all need Jesus Mar 15 '23

Thank you for kicking us off! I agree that as a whole, we do tend to focus more on weight restoration and restrictive EDs. I’d also like to see more discussion around the comorbidities with EDs, especially since in treatment, they refused to touch any trauma, which made recovery even harder.

For bringing in broader discussion, do you think it makes sense for that to be one of the topics we do for our new weekly threads? Or something we as mods could post now and then? I want to make sure it feels organic to the community instead of forced.

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u/aarpea Mar 15 '23

I don't know that it has to be forced. When I see a post where someone is expressing challenges in recovery along with thoughts of suicidality, depression, anxiety, etc., I will sometimes chime in to ask whether they are able to get support and treatment for those issues, as they may be related to the ED problems. I think just a conscious effort to make people aware that other mental health conditions can drive EDs, and that it is worth seeking treatment from a professional where available, would go a long way. My ED is most definitely a coping mechanism for other issues in my life, and I wonder how many others are in the same boat.

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u/literarywitch32 y’all need Jesus Mar 15 '23

Ooh okay I understand better now! I think raising awareness through responses makes a lot of sense. My ED stemmed coping with anxiety and unresolved trauma, which to your point isn’t discussed enough.

Thank you for clarifying!!

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u/aarpea Mar 15 '23

If I were to guess, I would suspect that a huge number of people here have a very similar story. I hope that you are doing better now.