RHONJ star Jackie Goldschneider discusses 18-year battle with eating disorder and seeking help
dailymail.co.ukReal Housewives of New Jersey star Jackie Goldschneider shared a candid post where she admitted Tuesday's episode of the popular Bravo show 'marked the beginning of my recovery from an 18 year-long eating disorder that took over my mind, my body and my life.'In a throwback photo with her husband, Evan, the 45-year-old lawyer wrote a lengthy caption detailing her nearly two-decade secret battle she's endured with an eating disorder, and how she finally decided to seek help.'18 years of dangerous habits, secretive behaviors and obsessive eating and exercise patterns that I was terrified to let go of, because I wrapped so much of my identity around being thin,' she wrote.
Strong: Real Housewives of New Jersey star Jackie Goldschneider shared a candid post where she admitted Tuesday's episode of the popular Bravo show 'marked the beginning of my recovery from an 18 year-long eating disorder that took over my mind, my body and my life''I was ashamed of my behavior around food and scared that people wouldn’t understand why or how I could do this to myself.
I also didn’t know how to get help, as a middle aged woman with 4 young children.' Jackie and Evan have two sets of twins — 13-year-old sons Jonas and Adin, and 11-year-old son Hudson and daughter Alexis.'There’s so much shame around ED’s and so many things that people don’t know about them, and because of that, millions of us struggle in silence,' she continued. 'A person dies every 52 minutes from an eating disorder, which means over 10,000 deaths each year.' '18 years of dangerous habits, secretive behaviors and obsessive eating and exercise patterns that I was terrified to let go of, because I wrapped so much of my identity around being thin,' she wrote.
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