Date
3-22-2024
Department
College of Arts and Sciences
Degree
Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing
Chair
Sarah Rice
Keywords
memoir, research, eating disorders, biblical research, medical research, personal story
Disciplines
Creative Writing
Recommended Citation
Kuhn, Hannah, "Pretty Girls Don't Eat Pizza: How an Eating Disorder Taught Me I Am Enough" (2024). Masters Theses. 1117.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/1117
Abstract
Eating disorders have become one of the most fatal mental disorders, and yet many people still don’t know anything about them. This allows society to misinform people on what this disorder is, and for those suffering from it to feel misunderstood and alone. Patients and their families don’t need more medical advice on the topic. They need to hear a raw, honest and messy story from someone who is not cured, but overtime has found the resources, hope and strength to continue living with it everyday until healing is granted. This is a story that both informs and shows the slow and invisible development of an eating disorder, what surprising things encourage it, why it’s not easily treated, how family and friends can support, as well as what it looks like to live with it on a daily basis. Be encouraged and informed from someone who understands this has nothing to do with food.
