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Living with anorexia: why I feel I do not deserve to eat
Undergraduate student Jenny Tan describes her struggles with anorexia, highlighting the importance of consistent mental healthcare and offers advice for nurses
Undergraduate student Jenny Tan describes her struggles with anorexia, highlighting the importance of consistent mental healthcare and offers advice for nurses
- First experienced disordered eating while preparing for her GCSEs at the age of 15
- Referred to NHS eating disorder clinic 18 months later and received diagnosis of anorexia and started receiving treatment
- Discharged but without mental health support, leaving her vulnerable to the many triggers that can lead to disordered eating
I started experiencing disordered eating when preparing for my GCSEs at the age of 15. For the first time I was facing the stress of big exams and feeling out of control of lots of things in my life.
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