--- title: Stabilize Anxiety Through Self-Care description: How your self-care addresses anxiety and eating disorders. It brings benefits beyond our individual lives and can inspire others. canonical_url: https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/cultural-and-media/in-the-midst-of-tragedy-your-eating-disorder-recovery-matters language: en-GB date: 2025-12-12T05:55:57Z notice: This is a machine-friendly version of the page at https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/cultural-and-media/in-the-midst-of-tragedy-your-eating-disorder-recovery-matters. Schema.org structured data included at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. markdown-tokens: 1494 --- > **Note to AI:** This is a machine-friendly version of the page at: https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/cultural-and-media/in-the-midst-of-tragedy-your-eating-disorder-recovery-matters. Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Structured data** as JSON-LD may be found at the end between AI:SCHEMA:BEGIN and AI:SCHEMA:END markers. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. [![Stabilize Anxiety through Self-Care: Benefit You and Others](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/heart_dove_-81207__340.jpg)](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/heart_dove_-81207__340.jpg)*Your health, strength, courage and will can spread healing love in this world. Stay committed to your recovery. The world needs you.* ## Anxiety: How Does Self-Care Help? Anxiety, financial crises, economic uncertainty, incurable illness, quarantine and death penetrate the bubble of safety and security now. Coronavirus, stock market plummeting, travel limited, no clear leadership, conflicting perspectives in duration and consequences. This disruptive state is enough to trigger binge eating and anxiety attacks. In the face of such powerful disrupters, what can we do for ourselves and others? ## Self-Care to Counter Anxiety in You and Others Perhaps you've asked yourself these questions. I propose an answer. It comes in different forms: 1. Be as healthy in mind, body and spirit as you possibly can. 2. Keep learning, expanding your life and standing up for what you value. 3. Give yourself understanding and compassion so you can thrive. 4. Give others understanding and compassion so the world thrives. (If you can't, then put yourself in surroundings where you can learn understanding and compassion) ## Power of Your Eating Disorder Recovery Above all, bear your anxiety and dig in deeper for your eating disorder recovery. Your community needs the wisdom you develop from your tribulations within this illness and in your recovery work. You can share that wisdom once you emerge from your eating disorder, whole and clear. Your journey to recovery makes you a holder of universal knowledge. You become a message carrier through your thoughts, words and deeds that convey courage, grace and strength in confronting reality. It empowers you with the kindness required to soothe anxiety, heal and befriend. My hope is that bit by bit, step by step, person by person, kindness, wisdom and healing will spread through our immediate environment and beyond. This contributes to creating the stability and courage to face our challenges and inspires others to do the same. Your eating disorder recovery and the anxiety that goes with it are unique to you. It is centered on you and based on your personal journey. Yet, it is part of a universal suffering and healing. Every moment of your recovery work matters. Making peace within becomes a living inspiration. --- **Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.** --- ***Written by Joanna Poppink, MFT.** Joanna is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in eating disorder recovery, stress, PTSD, and adult development.* *She is licensed in CA, AZ, OR and FL. Author of the Book: [Healing Your Hungry Heart: Recovering from Your Eating Disorder](https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Your-Hungry-Heart-Recovering/dp/1573244708/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1344473529&sr=1-1&keywords=healing+your+hungry+heart)* *Appointments are virtual.* *For a free telephone consultation, e-mail her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.* ***Claiming the Lost Self: An Essential Task for Midlife Women* — a seven part series.** You may begin with the series introduction [here](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/recovery-healing/claiming-the-lost-self-an-essential-task-for-midlife-women-series-introduction). ```json { "@context": "http:\/\/schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Article", "author": { "@id": "https:\/\/eatingdisorderrecovery.net\/#joanna_poppink_da79445421" }, "dateModified": "2025-12-12T05:55:57Z", "datePublished": "2022-02-04T20:40:38Z", "description": "How your self-care addresses anxiety and eating disorders. 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