Canadian Singer Lindsay Ell Opens Up About Eating Disorder Diagnosis: ‘I’ve Been Living In Denial For The Better Part Of 20 Years’
etcanada.comCanadian singer Lindsay Ell spoke candidly about her battle with an eating disorder in an Instagram post on Monday. Referencing a recent appearance she made on “Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe”, Ell wrote: “I was on a podcast last week, and I shared something that I felt like I should share with all of you, because that’s what we do here. “I got diagnosed with an eating disorder a few weeks ago, and have come to terms that it’s something I have been living in denial of for the better part of 20 years.
I always told myself that an eating disorder would look like ‘that kind of body’ and that there’s no way I could have one because I didn’t look like that.
I told myself that the way I was living was fine because it was just part of my career… “But it got to the point where it felt like it was taking over my life, and I no longer had control over what I ate or didn’t eat in the shadows.
I got really good at pretending that everything was ok out in public but at home I was shrivelling up,” she added. The country musician went on, “I know that eating disorders are flags to the need for deeper work, and I would love to share my journey as I go through my recovery.
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