Get Ready for Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2017 - February 1-7

By: Anonymous | Posted: Jan 16, 2017

How Can I Participate in EDAW 2017???

Dress, decorate or light up in purple!
Ask your municipality to light up a local landmark in purple and tweet the picture to @BridgePointCen2 with the hashtag #EDAW2017. SaskTel Center in Saskatoon will be lighting up purple to celebrate! Take a selfie while you are there and tweet with hashtag #EDAW2017~!
Ask your municipality to issue a proclamation of the week. Most cities and towns have information about how to request this on their website. If you are successful, be sure to let us know so we can share the information with NEDIC, who is recording all the proclamations across Canada!
Request a presentation from our team! Last year we presented to many classrooms, universities and health organizations across Saskatchewan. We’d love to come to you!
Talk about eating disorders and share your story. Don’t forget that you can share your story by filling in the form on the Inspirations section of our website.
Follow the EDAW activities across Canada and show your support on social media, using the hashtags #notAChoice or #EDAW2017
Donate to BridgePoint or your favorite eating disorder charity!
Encourage discussions about positive body image and media literacy
Explore ways to de-stigmatize mental illness and build compassion for those who are suffering
Share facts about eating disorders to dispel the common myths

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Eating disorders are a lifetime struggle and I strongly believe in building and maintaining a strong positive support system. I am so thankful for the BridgePoint programs for planting the seed of self-acceptance that I needed at that time to begin my road to recovery.

I trust everyone and the confidentiality and the trust here. It's difficult at times, very emotional and it's hard dealing with a lot of feelings but it's what you have to do and it feels so better much and so supportive.

There's no comparison to anything else I've tried and it’s a real blessing and an opportunity to be able to come here and an opportunity not to be taken lightly. It's a privilege to be here and I know that I will leave here a different person.

I can identify the issues and accept them and be able to learn how to work with that. I think over time we can say goodbye to the eating disorder. There is freedom at the end of the tunnel, but it takes work.

It's not about being broken and getting fixed, it's that we are all individuals who have pain and we're learning how to cope in a very healthy way.

The fact that BridgePoint operates so differently than the traditional medical model was very refreshing, and proved to be vital to my experience and healing.

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