242: Breaking Free from Eating Disorders: A Dialogue with Scarlett O'Connor

The Addicted Mind Podcast

Duane Osterlind, LMFT

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Mental Health

4.8 • 621 Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Are you ready to unravel the complexities of eating disorders? Explore the challenging journey of overcoming eating disorders as Duane sits down with Scarlett O'Connor, a London-based therapist specializing in eating disorder recovery.

Scarlett shares her personal struggle with eating disorders that began at nine, starting with binge eating and then developing into anorexia. She discusses how her sense of self changed as she began to lose weight and receive positive feedback from society, and the physical and emotional toll anorexia took on her body.

They dig deep into the nuts and bolts of eating disorders and their addictive nature. Scarlett shares how her disorder was ingrained in her identity and became an integral part of her life, affecting her mental and physical health. She further dives into her crisis point and the arduous decision she had to make to survive. They also discuss the crucial role of separating one's identity from their disorder and how to help someone who may be at the start of their recovery journey.

In this episode, you will hear:

Navigating eating disorders and addiction and their impact on physical and mental health
Overcoming eating disorders and how to help someone in recovery
Separating the disorder from the person and how to talk to the voice of the disorder
The sectioning process for eating disorders
Supporting eating disorder recovery by focusing on the present

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Addicted Mind podcast. My name is Dwayne Austerland, and I'm your host,
0:11.6	and we are on to the next episode. Today, my guest is Scarlett O'Connor. She is a qualified
0:18.7	therapist who overcame a 25-year-long battle with eating disorders.
0:24.8	It started with binge eating, then anorexia, and ultimately severe binge-perge bulimia.
0:30.6	She was extremely ill, in inpatient, and was very close to death.
0:35.9	She had tried everything to recover but to no avail.
0:40.0	And then nine years ago, she had to choose between life and death, and she chose life.
0:45.5	So today, Scarlett O'Connor is open about her story,
0:49.9	shares her story in the hopes of helping others who are struggling with this very complex mental health
0:57.3	disorder. She wants to shed light on how it feels to be so trapped and offer hope to others out
1:05.1	there who are still struggling. I want to thank Scarlett so much about being so open about her story.
1:12.3	I really think it will help so many people out there struggling with an eating disorder.
1:17.8	Before we start, don't forget, if you're getting a lot out of the Addicted Mind podcast, write a review.
1:23.9	That really does help people find the podcast.
1:27.1	And you can follow us on Instagram. Just go to
1:29.3	Instagram and type in Addicted Mind podcast and click follow. All right, everyone, stay tuned for this
1:35.0	episode. All right, everyone, welcome to the Addicted Mind. My guest today is Scarlett O'Connor.
1:43.4	And Scarlett, why don't we just jump in and
1:45.9	have you introduce yourself. And we're going to jump into our topic about eating disorders and
1:52.1	addiction and all that kind of stuff. So I think this is going to be really helpful for a lot of people.
1:57.7	So Scarlett, introduce yourself.
1:59.7	Most definitely. Well, first of all, thank you for having me on. It's a pleasure to be here.
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