Jennette McCurdy Opens up About Her Eating Disorders

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

Home & Garden, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Leisure

4.7 • 11.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Joshua and Ryan discuss how the stress of striving for success can lead to eating disorders with actor, writer, and director Jennette McCurdy. Listen to “Maximal” episodes of The Minimalists Private Podcast exclusively at patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0	the Minimists.
0:02.0	Guess what?
0:04.0	The Minimists are going on tour with a live version
0:07.3	of the Minimists podcast.
0:09.5	And I want to invite you to join us for a night of less.
0:13.2	Find your nearest city at theminimilists.com slash tour.
0:16.6	We'll see you there.
0:17.8	How old were you when the disorder eating started?
0:24.6	It was 11.
0:26.2	My mom actually had a history with eating disorders.
0:28.7	She had been hospitalized for anorexia a few times.
0:30.7	And she had introduced me to anorexia
0:35.4	because she thought it would help me play younger roles
0:39.0	for acting.
0:39.8	She thought if I stayed smaller, it would be effective.
0:42.5	Wow.
0:43.5	And so I remember the real.
0:44.3	And it was.
0:45.4	Right.
0:45.9	Which is like, that's the other messed up part about is you
0:50.2	actually get some sort of rewards from the universe
0:53.6	because of the disorder living.
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