Let’s take a moment to recognise something important: you’re here, reading this blog, having made it through lockdown to (almost) the other side. For many of us it’s been tumultuous. We experienced shock, fear, disbelief, calm, quiet, anger, confusion, anxiety,...
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4 Things To Do As Lockdown Lifts
As things begin to open up, the expectation of springing back to normality is palpable, but what if lockdown life was actually peaceful? And the prospect of returning to “normality” really daunting? I’m writing this on rather a gloomy, wet day. A day that seems out of...
Pregnancy, motherhood and eating disorders
This week is Maternal Mental Health Week, and the team at Orri are grateful for a space in which some of the more complex and unspoken aspects of motherhood can be shared and considered. The aim of this week is to raise awareness of the impact of mental illness both...
Managing Covid-19 and Your Recovery
If you’re reading this and having a really tough time managing both your eating disorder recovery and quarantine, know that: 1. You are not alone. 2. You are not a “failure” if things are particularly difficult right now. 3. The most important thing is that you’re...
How to support a loved one with an eating disorder
If you’re reading this with a loved one in mind, we’d like to firstly acknowledge your position in this relationship and what might be happening for you. Eating disorders don’t just affect the individual sufferer but can impact all different people in their lives –...
Perfectionism and balancing the nervous system
This week, a theme of perfectionism has appeared throughout our treatment programme. The internet defines a “perfectionist” as “a person who refuses to accept any standard short of perfection”. Interestingly, a perfectionist trait is listed as one of the symptoms of...
How to stop your habit of comparing
Have you ever stopped to think about how often you compare yourself to others as you go about your day-to-day life? It may be that you check out other people’s clothes, hair, body shape and size whilst killing time on public transport. You might look at friends’...
You don’t need a “new me” in this new year
If you’re reading this at the beginning of January and feeling overwhelmed with the prospect of a new year – and any expectations that may come alongside that – we’d like to firstly reassure you that it’s okay to just be you. This week, our London clinic reopened...
I’m Recovering This Christmas: Dealing With Downtime
It’s officially the festive season and no matter where you are in life – at school, university, home or at work – you are most likely to find yourself involved in some form of festive celebration. In this series “I’m Recovering This Christmas”, we’re sharing our...
Navigating relationships with an eating disorder
You may have seen our recent blog post about the importance of healthy boundaries. In this blog, we’re focusing more specifically on relationships; what it feels like to navigate relationships whilst you’re in recovery from an eating disorder, and how we work...
Being curious about the vulnerability we feel when being slow
We are all too aware of the physical and mental impact an eating disorder can have on someone. But despite this impact, we often find that eating disorder clients have a reluctance to slow down; to stop what they’re doing and simply rest. If you’re a carer reading...
Why you should welcome ambiguity in eating disorder recovery
Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses. Week-on-week feelings changes, people progress in their recovery and specific topics emerge that reflect that progress. We acknowledge this by adapting the contents of our treatment programme to address the themes that...