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3 gentle ways to slow down after a panic attack

Your heart is beating fast. Your body temperature has risen. An overwhelming fear consumes you… Panic attacks are very frightening and stressful experiences.

Anxiety and Mental Health Awareness Week

Experiencing anxiety can be a fearful and isolating experience, and there are many reasons why we can feel anxious. It’s important to remember that this is a common and very normal emotion in us all, and that is why it...

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How to be accountable and take responsibility in eating disorder recovery

Eating disorder recovery requires individuals to be honest of their needs; to be honest to others and how they can support; and to be honest on how recovery is going, even if it feels difficult.

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8 Messages of Hope, from Orri’s online community

Orri’s online community shares hopeful recovery affirmations. Allow them to serve as reminders that your life extends so far beyond an eating disorder. You deserve to live your life free from the barriers and hurdles of this illness.

Don’t talk to me about “bouncing back to my pre-baby weight”! – Guest Blogger

Mental health speaker, Carolina Mountford, shares a personal blog based on her experience of eating disorder recovery alongside her pregnancy and motherhood. For Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week.

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How guilt and shame can hold you back in eating disorder recovery and what to do to heal.

Feelings, such as shame and guilt, can be deeply rooted in an eating disorder, which can be powerful barriers to recovery. It’s essential to understand how they impact your journey towards healing. If this resonates with where your head is...

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Oxygen Masks – Alumni Client

‘Hurt people hurt people’. A moving poem depicting the painful journey to eating disorder recovery. A reminder that there is hope.

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“I had an eating disorder for twenty years before I started treatment at Orri” – Alumni Client

Alumni client, Reb, shares her eating disorder recovery journey with Orri, and demonstrates how recovery is possible.

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The word ‘despite’ – Alumni Client

Despite it all, recovery is possible. An insightful poem capturing the hope and courage that shows up in eating disorder recovery. Written by an Orri Alumni Client.

Meet the Clinical Administrator: Sofia Barrett

Sofia is Orri’s Clinical Administrator. She ensures the team is organised and that diaries are updated, to support clients in treatment. She discusses more about her administrative role in this blog.

Accept what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.

Recovery is full of questions: how did I get here? What is going to happen? What if this had happened, or that had happened instead? This weeks’ treatment programme is all about the “Woulds, Shoulds, Coulds” in eating disorder recovery....

How I want to be remembered – Alumni Client

One of our Alumni clients shares a poem inspired by her self-discovery and growth throughout her eating disorder recovery.

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Further support

Looking for more ways to engage with the eating disorder community? Discover more helpful resources designed to support you on your journey to recovery, such as our charity partner, Beat, and other accessible resources.

We also host a range of workshops and events, where connections, education, and healing align. We’re with you every step of the way.