Liv Label Free | Neurodivergent Eating Disorder Recovery

Overcoming Extreme Hunger as an Autistic Trans Individual w/ Lex @greenhouselex

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Eating disorder recovery often looks very different for autistic people, so what additional challenges might a trans/non-binary individual face? Today I am joined by Lex, a former coaching client and extreme hunger course student turned best friend. 

They share:

  • Seeking solace in food and exercise related behaviors when coming from a marginalized community
  • Discovering sensory preferences and growing up masking food preferences
  • "Unmasking" food preferences and learning to advocate for likes and dislikes instead of fearing being difficult
  • Transitioning and being influenced by stereotypical societal expectations of gender-related eating behaviors
  • Making the choice not to carry the eating disorder with them post-transition
  • Body dysmorphia as a trans person and how bodily changes in recovery are especially difficult to grapple with
  • The wonderful freedom of no longer thinking about food
  • Being denied treatment due to not fitting the stereotypical ED model and making yourself sicker to prove you're sick enough
  • The incompatibility of traditional ED treatment procedures with autism
  • Being left out of the eating disorder conversation as a non-binary individual and need for improving language use
  • Respecting and working with the differences between men, women and non-binary in regards to mental health

    • 🌈 Buy Rainbow Girl: A Memoir of Autism and Anorexia

    🍩 Enroll in my course, Extremely Hungry to Completely Satisfied

    🫶 Schedule a consultation call for 1-1 coaching here

    🍩 Connect with Lex on Instagram

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