A young woman’s fight, late stage battle with anorexia (starvation of the brain)

Anorexia: Starvation of a specific part of the brain

AED: Academy of Eating Disorders

Anosognosia (Blind Starvation): – The first Eating Disorder word to understand; "The Kartini Clinic for Disordered Eating" defines Anosognosia as "Anosognosia is a fancy term for a feature of anorexia and related eating disorders (as well as of some types of stroke and brain trauma) that describes a change to how our brains process information. In brain conditions with anosognosia, the person's perception of their own illness is affected. In fact, anosognosia often declares the illness to be gone or to have never been present. In anosognosia the brain does not perceive the extent of the illness, sometimes not even its presence.

The presence of anosognosia means an affected parent may not be able to recognize they are ill or that it matters."

ED: Eating Disorder (commonly referred to as the voice the sufferer hears, separate from the sufferers true identity)

EDC: Eating Disorder Coalition for Research, Policy & Action

EDN: Eating Disorder Network of Maryland

FB: Facebook

F.E.A.S.T: Families Empowered and Supporting Treatment of Eating Disorders

N.E.D.A: National Eating Disorders Associations