I Thought I Could Handle My Eating Disorder on My Own Because It Didn’t Happen Every Day — but I Was Wrong.

I Thought I Could Handle My Eating Disorder on My Own Because It Didn’t Happen Every Day — but I Was Wrong.

As told to Marnie Goodfriend. February 24 - March 3, 2025, is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week.I remember the first time it happened — my first bulimic episode. I was in Cape Town for the summer, working for a legal organization after finishing my first year of law school. I didn’t think much of it. The binging and purging only happened occasionally, so it was easy to lock this dysfunction away in a box, similar to the way I handled grow…