Canadian 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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