Brittany Burgunder's Blog, page 8
February 14, 2021
Beyond Measure
� 💫I am extremely well-versed in upwards social comparison. I tend to compare myself to other individuals who I believe are better than me. Maybe they’re smarter, have a more successful job, are a better athlete, seem happier, look prettier, and have what appears to be ideal relationships. I have an innate ability to magnify […]
February 7, 2021
How I Recovered
� How did I recover? There was never one thing, one person, or one defining moment I can recall that I can credit for my recovery. Rather, there are a myriad of factors that influenced me. � 1.) THERAPY: I cannot stress enough how important this has been for me. I have seen many different […]
January 31, 2021
When Food Rules Your Life
� 🍴It started so innocently for me. I just wanted to eat a-little-bit-healthier. I started asking my mom to pack me fruit instead of cookies in my school lunch box. � In middle school I went to a tennis camp. We were competitive athletes —carbs were essential to our performance. But my anxiety was getting […]
January 24, 2021
Who Are You?
� 🌀Who are you? It’s such a simple question, yet powerful enough to make you second guess yourself and trigger a breakdown. � I ask you this because for many years I felt so utterly inadequate as a person that I was quick to grab hold of any identity other than me. I couldn’t have […]
January 17, 2021
Defining An Eating Disorder
� ⚖️Most of my life I didn’t believe I had an eating disorder because I never thought my weight was low enough. Of course, this is what my eating disorder told me, and therefore thin enough didn’t exist. Because � � 🚫EATING DISORDERS ARE NOT ABOUT WEIGHT🚫 � I engaged in dangerous behaviors throughout the […]
November 22, 2020
What We Overcome
(We fall). I fell hard. And often. In fact, I felt so worthless that for much of my life I expected to fall. I took a tiny stumble during my childhood and picked up anxiety and depression. I took another tumble in high school and picked up anorexia and exercise addiction. Years later I tripped […]
November 8, 2020
November 3, 2020
September 29, 2020
September 8, 2020
Life with CIPO
� There isn’t an easy way for me to talk about this. I’ve been open about my diagnosis of CIPO � Chronic Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction, but I still feel there’s so much that goes unspoken. My life changed 3 years ago when I suddenly and mysteriously fell ill. CIPO resulted from a virus attacking my […]
