The Eating Disorder Iceberg

If you’ve never struggled with an eating disorder, you might think that what we in the healthcare field often call “behaviors” are the majority of what an eating disorder is made up of. In fact, the DSM pretty much only covers specific behaviors in their conceptualization of eating disorders.But honestly, it’s a lot more complicated than that. The behaviors are just what you see; the ways in which we act out our pain or our struggle. What’s really go on is so much more. It’s so much deeper. Check out this print to discover what’s underneath the depths.