Athletes and Anorexia Nervosa: An Elite Athlete's Story

On the heels of my last post, which featured guest Blogger Patrick Bergstrom sharing about his experience as a male athlete with anorexia nervosa, we have another athlete's story for us today.

Lynn Bjorklund, an elite, record-setting distance runner who writes of her journey in my book, 100 Questions and Answers about Anorexia Nervosa, joined me on a radio broadcast a few weeks ago. The Dr. Casey Show on AM830 in Los Angeles is a sport psychology program and Dr. Casey dedicated the morning hour in November to the topic of eating disorders in athletes.

You can listen to the entire broadcast with Dr. Casey, Dr. Sari Shepphird and Lynn Bjorklund here... (just give the file a few moments to download...)

Dr Casey Show 11_15_2009_ AM830 KLAA

After the broadcast concluded, Lynn and I had a conversation about what she wished she would have shared had the nervousness of her first radio appearance not been a distraction to her. With gratitude to Lynn, she shares her "afterthoughts" with you here, and I am sure you will agree that they are an eloquent, powerful, and helpful account of her journey.