Our latest Guest Blogger shares her thoughts on keeping motivated in recovery. They say patience is a virtue and you certainly need it in spades during eating disorder recovery. I recently attended a workshop where the facilitator announced that the average recovery...
Guest Blogs
“How to save a life” from our client
A client shares their heart-warming experience of Orri’s online treatment programme. How to save a life – Orri. I found Orri at a critical time when I could have easily gone into the depths of my eating disorder. I feel so incredibly privileged and grateful to...
Body, a poem by our client
Our client shares a poem she wrote about her relationship to her body during recovery from anorexia. Coming to a place of acceptance around our bodies changing in recovery is a current theme that our clients face. It’s also one we recognise as very topical as we...
“Somewhere” – a poem by our client
I want to let go of the me I am now And then breathe in some peace – I just don’t know how. I long for the courage and strength to just trust That my body knows best and will do what it must To bring me to ‘somewhere‘ I now fear and dread Because ‘I am a failure’...
The Not so Hungry Caterpillar – Guest Blogger
Our latest Guest Blogger reflects on her journey of recovery, demonstrating the immense power of being brave and asking someone if they’re ok, “I don’t see myself as having lost 40 years of my life, I feel privileged that I have now been recovered for 5 years and...
The emotional experience of having and recovering from an eating disorder – Guest Blogger
Ileana is a Psychology Master’s student at the University of Bristol. Here, she reflects on the emotional experience of anorexia and how far she has journeyed in her recovery. The days when I was most firmly gripped in anorexia’s vice had an excruciatingly glacial...
“To anyone with an eating disorder, remember you can recover.”
This month we are talking about the emotional experience of having – and recovering from – an eating disorder. In this blog, one of our clients generously shares her experience of her eating disorder and recovery within treatment. Living my ‘life’ dictated by some...
Our client shares her experiencing of finding freedom in recovery.
“Recovery is possible, I am in recovery, and I am so worth it.” As the time draws near for me to finish treatment with Orri I thought what better time than now to write a farewell blog about finding Hope, finding Belief and finding my Freedom. Freedom and recovery...
“I came to you as a real lost soul”
We are consistently moved and touched by the creativity and kindness of our clients. They really are what makes Orri what it is – a safe, warm and welcoming space for eating disorder recovery. I came to you as a real lost soul I didn’t know where to turn Orri helped...
“My first experience of Orri was one of nervous relief”
Our client kindly shares her experience of eating disorder recovery at Orri. I’d had an eating disorder for twenty years before I started treatment at Orri. It started at 19 and at 21 I was admitted to an inpatient eating disorder unit. Whilst I knew there was...
A Poem for Recovery This Christmas – Guest Blogger
Lizzie, an expert by experience and friend of Orri, shared a poem she wrote for our clients this Christmas. This time of year can be tricky to navigate,Yet beneath all of our fears, we have to remember it is the time to celebrate!The sparkle and magic of Christmas is...
Coping with Triggering Conversations in Recovery – Guest Blogger
The holidays can be a difficult time of year for people suffering with eating disorders. An emphasis on reconnecting with loved ones can mean that we see family members or friends we haven’t seen in a while…and this can bring up a lot for someone in recovery. In...