Sound familiar?
Are you a girl with immigrant background? Are you struggling with an eating disorder?
Then you are probably familiar with the feelings of insecurity, frustration, and powerlessness that fighting an eating disorder – anorexia, bulimia, or over-eating – while feeling trapped in between two cultures can give rise to.
Or maybe you know someone who feels this way. A good social network can lend day-to-day support when you may be struggling to overcome multiple problems simultaneously, and can be instrumental on the road to recovery.
If you are suffering from an eating disorder – and have an immigrant background – a support group in the National Association against Eating Disorders and Self-Inflicted Damage (Landsforeningen mod Spiseforstyrrelser og Selvskade – LMS) can help you find someone to share your difficulties with.
Further reading at the LMS website (Danish only)