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When Words Harm: The Link Between Childhood Verbal Abuse & Disordered Eating (Content Caution)
What happens when the most painful wounds from childhood were not physical but verbal (or were both)?
In this solo episode, Dr. Marianne Miller explores how childhood verbal abuse shapes our relationship with food, body image, and self-worth. Words like "You're too much," "Are you really going to eat that?" or "You’d be pretty if you lost weight" do not just pass through us. They often take root and become beliefs that fuel restriction, binge eating, ARFID, and body distrust. These early messages are rarely named in traditional eating disorder care, yet they are at the center of how so many…
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