I've learned many lessons as a friend, boyfriend, fiance and husband to a girl/woman with an eating disorder. Perhaps the biggest lesson is: I need help helping her! Specifically, as a husband to my wife who struggles with anorexia, I have recognized unique ways in which I affect my wife and she affects me as we battle this disease.
As a result, I've looked for resources (books, articles, doctors, etc.) that may show me how to handle these unique struggles. Unfortunately, I could not find any resources (at least none that were readily searchable and accessible on the internet) which directly focus on helping husbands of women with eating disorders. Instead, I've sifted through countless books and articles which offer advice and encouragement to family and friends of women with eating disorders. While these are helpful and quite necessary, I believe they fail to address the deep challenges faced by husbands (or any man romantically involved with a woman).
So, I've started this blog first in hopes of revealing this unmet need. I also will begin with attempts to meet this need in myself and others by sharing some stories that may serve as experiences to which others may relate. Ultimately, I hope to connect with other men who seek help as they devote themselves to helping the women they love.
