October 21st - Questions answered about Binge Eating Disorder, PLUS A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

I will be writing a more detailed blog post about how things have been going since my last post in a day or two.  However, today I wanted to post another informational blog post about binge eating disorder.  This stems from many questions I get from family, friends, and strangers about what binge eating disorder is.  Also, people will often ask while deciding on places to eat out whether I would be ok with it because of my bingeing.  My hope is that this graphic (while very brief) will help shed a little light on what binge eating disorder is, the emotional aspects to it, and what it means to binge.  I encourage you to reach out and ask me any questions you may have about binge eating disorder as this is a fairly new classified eating disorder in comparison to others (i.e. anorexia nervosa, bulimia).  I am more than happy to answer any questions.

Now, on to my big announcement.  After a lot of consideration, planning, and research, I have decided to expand my efforts to share my message to another social media platform.  While Blogger, Facebook, and Twitter has been my primary means to process my own emotional and physical journey through binge eating disorder, I am finding that there is a large audience I have not been able to get my message out to.  As stated in an earlier blog post, depression and mental illness begins at such a young age and even more startling, suicide is the 3rd biggest killer of all youth 10-24.  What is the one social media site that this age group has a huge connection to and finds much of their education on?  YouTube.  That's right, I have decided that to expand my reach and help spread my message to the ages where eating disorders, depression, and suicide often are diagnosed the most and go untreated the most.  I have included the link to my channel below that I have created already in preparation of uploading videos.  As soon as the remaining of my equipment arrives in the next couple of days I will begin uploading vlog posts in conjunction with posts here.  PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE help spread the word by subscribing to my YouTube channel and when videos start posting hitting the "like" or "thumbs-up" button as well as encouraging your friends to do the same.  Slowly but surely we are all making an impact and getting the message out there to those who are need!

Hope For Recovery YouTube Channel