What really happens when someone develops an eating disorder? What therapies work best? Can a cure be found? Will life ever return to normal? These are just a few of the questions that run through the minds of ordinary people and their loved ones when faced with anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder. In Through the Eyes of an Eating Disorder, ordinary women open up and invite readers inside their own secretive world to give honest--and sometimes profound--answers to common questions about their journey. Confessing firsthand emotions, fears, and hopes, the collection of heartfelt stories offers refreshing insight into the diversity of eating disorders from nonclinical perspectives, and highlights the unexpected ways we find strength, courage, and hope.