If you're struggling with an eating disorder, you've probably heard well-meaning advice: "Just eat normally." "It's not about the food." "You need to love your body more." While there may be truth in these statements, they miss something crucial about why eating disorders are so challenging to overcome. Are Eating Disorders Really Only About Our Relationship with Food? The Unavoidable Trigger Here's what makes eating disorders uniquely difficult to treat: the trigger is the m