This week for Warrior Wednesday, Chastity Haxton, a retired college athlete, cheerleading coach, graduate student, friend, and mental health advocate shared her #IAM1N5 story of living with generalized anxiety disorder, depression and PTSD. She talks about how being a competitive athlete impacted her mental illnesses causing her to struggle with eating disorders and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. Follow along to see …
Love the Skin You’re In
CW: disordered eating, body dysmorphia It’s mid-summer, which means vacations, pool days, barbecues, and spending time outside. It also means wearing shorts and swimsuits and spending a lot of time eating around others. Summer was always so much fun when I was younger. I loved swimming, running around in the sprinkler, grilling out with family and friends, and just generally …
I’m Cameron and This Is My #iAM1N5 Journey…
Cameron is being so brave in sharing his story of living with depression, anxiety, anorexia, and body dysmorphia and has experienced self-harming tendencies. He describes it as being in this closed room and the walls are closing in and there’s really no escape.
