Overcoming Extreme Hunger as an Autistic Trans Individual w/ Lex @greenhouselex

Seeking solace in food and exercise related behaviors when coming from a marginalized community

Discovering sensory preferences and growing up masking food preferences

"Unmasking" food preferences and learning to advocate for likes and dislikes instead of fearing being difficult

Transitioning and being influenced by stereotypical societal expectations of gender-related eating behaviors

Making the choice not to carry the eating disorder with them post-transition

Body dysmorphia as a trans person and how bodily changes in recovery are especially difficult to grapple with

The wonderful freedom of no longer thinking about food

Being denied treatment due to not fitting the stereotypical ED model and making yourself sicker to prove you're sick enough

The incompatibility of traditional ED treatment procedures with autism

Being left out of the eating disorder conversation as a non-binary individual and need for improving language use

Respecting and working with the differences between men, women and non-binary in regards to mental health