I've included the resources that I use in the description for this video, should you be interested in accessing them. And while I'm happy to share the resources I use, much of the breadth and depth of what I'm speaking about in this video needs to be experienced by the patient in order for it to hold any meaning and real benefit. Simply saying to others, "I've recovered from a life-threatening eating disorder using DBT..." is insufficient. It would almost be akin to trying to direct and describe how to climb Mt. Everest. It's up to the individual to either seek help (or for others around the ailing person to do so in an effective manner). That said, if you have a specific question regarding this topic, please ask. Perhaps I can address it in a future video to my best capacity. (Please keep in mind that I'm not a clinician, so I can never give prescriptive advice about anything medically-related.)

My favorite people in the whole world all have Asperger’s. That explains why I adore you too. Asperger’s children are my absolute favorite students to teach. Full of love, compassion, and perspective. Typically articulate beyond their years even as little Kindergartners, esp. if you talk to them about a particular topic of interest. They present socially awkward, but they are beyond perceptive of the world around them. Their “socializing” is through observation; almost as if each person is a puzzle that they’re trying to put together. There’s purpose beyond meaningless chit chat. I’m grateful you survived your eating disorder, Jennifer.

My brother suffered from Anorexia at 17. He is now 69 and has never had help for it. He runs marathons and looks terrible. Got into drugs, and still would not admit he suffers from it. His wife enables the behavior thinking he is very fit. It is maddening

Jennifer, you deserve and eventually will have millions of subscribers. You have an inspirational sweet kind soul. Someone, somewhere needed this❤

I wanted to be Unalive when I was a Kid because my mom was an Asian Tiger Mom. I had to play piano, play basket ball and swimming lessons, and Kumon Tutor (extra homework) I stop eating lunch at school and skip Recess so I could do my homework, no time to play or have fun after school because of all the extra activities....

I suffered with😮 anorexia around the same age as you did. I have always been a perfectionist, that I have not changed. I am quite a bit older than you so the disease was basically unknown in my day. I can tell you were anorexic by the way you talk about the food you are going to eat. I never knew you were an anorexic at one time but I knew the way you expressed yourself about your meals. I hope this makes some sense. God bless you. People have no idea what kind of hold that has on a person. Wish I could talk personally to you about this. Be strong

I am going through a hard time this week due to an ocd theme that floored me. I promised myself I’d leave drinking to one day a week now. It’s hard, but I can do it. Us with ASD are far more likely to develop EDs and substance misuse.💜 I love your recent videos on more than just diet or skin. You are so much more than beautiful on the outside. Thank you for sharing

I love people with asperger’s. They are the most pure souls 👼👼👼

thank you for sharing your resources with us and talking openly about all aspects of health, not just skincare

Jennifer, you are an amazing woman. Don't know if you remember me but you would comment on some of my videos when I had a channel. I quit KZfaq a few years ago and no longer do videos but have enjoyed watching yours. Would you consider doing a video on Asperger's specifically? My brother in law has it and it's quite challenging at times communicating with him. I really love your thorough and intelligent discussions of things. Glad to hear you have been so successful treating your disorders. Enjoy your summer!

Jennifer you are beautiful, articulate, and courageous. I have no doubt that what you've shared will encourage many people dealing with mental health issues. I'm so happy you found help and are sharing your life with us. ❤❤❤

I think this is by far one of your most informative and vulnerable videos. Thank you for sharing such a wealth of knowledge and experience. Your are incredibly brave and resilient Jennifer!

I have tried to recover and then ended up relapsing way too many times. It's exhausting. I'll definitely try to free myself of expectations for recovery too. I cannot thank you enough for being so vulnerable. You give me hope. And to anyone reading this who thinks they have to get "worse" to even consider recovery, just you thinking that should be enough to try to recover. Please try to get better before it takes over your life

Thank you so much for always sharing your true self with us. You have inspired me for years.

It’s really brave of you to share your battle with anorexia and your ASD diagnosis with us. Congratulations to you on overcoming this enormous battle and continuing to thrive!

You’re amazing, strong and beautiful. This information and your story will help many I’m sure. Thank you for all you do and I’m so happy to hear you recovered!💗

Thank you for sharing this story! You are a beautiful soul. I am 51 and in my early 20’s I suffered from anorexia and bulimia, it was not good. I did not go to therapy, I healed myself on my own which took a long time, until my late 30’s. I decided I didn’t want to die and I found happiness. Like you said not everyone is that lucky.

Thank you for sharing. I have Aspergers and got anorexia when I was eleven. I got well with treatment in hospital when I was 15.

Very inspiring and informative vid. I have to add that you don’t look a day older than when I first started watching you! ❤

I love your honesty about mental health ❤❤❤❤ and by the way i suffered from Depression.Your Videos inspired me and were very helpful through the dark period in my life. Thank you❤

Much respect for you Jen, you are a beautiful soul, helping others in many ways....you are an inspiration ! ❤️🌹

Aw I didnt realize you had these conditions, I too have Aspergers and I have always felt I could relate to you so much. Id love to know of these ways to get better.

Thank you for making this video. I know I’m just a stranger from the internet, but I’d like to let you know that you are an extremely brave and strong soul, and I just want to give you a big hug❤ I’m amazed by your journey and also how well articulated you are! Even though it’s a tough topic to listen to, it’s also much easier to understand and relate, because of how well you explain things.

Hey Jennifer glad that you got yourself the correct Therapy that you needed turned your life around !!!

Thank you so much for taking my video request. Watching it right now 💕

Just what I needed for Asperger's ❤ and you are so strong 💞

Your videos are so informative.. 😊😊❤ Jennifer.🥰.. Your inner path has influeneced who you are today.. Your mentality is cemented in restorative positive attributes that others can use to help themselves😊

You always find the right words. I could be listening to you all day. Thank you for helping everyone with your knowledge 💚

You are such a generous human being for your vulnerability and sharing challenges that you have faced throughout your life! Thank you ❤❤❤

Dear Jennifer, I have watched almost all your videos and found them so genuine and helpful, but this is your best video till now. I can feel your gratitude for your recovery and your true concerns about others still suffering..I knew a friend that had Anorexia Nervosa while she was a teenager and it was a devastating experience to her and her family but thankfully she was cured and she is studying medicine now. You talked from your heart, not your lips ❤love you and wish you all the happiness.

Jennifer, I must say how proud I am of you for not only the courageous and ongoing steps you undertook to work through your issues, but also for the candor of this video. I know it must be so difficult to be so naked in your thoughts, but I, as your viewer, completely thank and respect that quiet ferocity of spirit that it takes to stand in your strength, as yes, vulnerability is a strength, and share your story with us. You inspire me. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing your story and for the very informative video, Jennifer! Commenting just to boost the video, so it can land in the hands of someone who needs it ❤

She is so calm n pure soul.Allah bless her.❤❤

Thank you for sharing your experiences and also for the handouts. You're doing great 💪🏼 Bless you ❤

Thank you for sharing, this must have been very difficult for you and yet I believe many lives will change as a result. My daughter, 22, has ASD and is in the middle of the spectrum but some of these issues resonate with me. She is very rigid around what she eats and has many rules around food. She is of normal weight and seems happy with that. Being rules based being a "normal" weight seems acceptable to her. She lost 20 pounds as a teen like me and seems to have no desire to lose more but I do worry because she is obsessed with weight and foods. Her therapist is not concerned but I am keeping an eye on her as it is not easy for her to talk about how she feels.

Sending blessings, Jennifer. You deserve to be 100% healthy. I wish I could give you a hug right now 🤗🌻

Thank you for your strength Jennifer. Having the courage to be vulnerable and share your experiences and wisdom is something a lot of us are unable to do. I truly appreciate this video.

I got to know a 23 year old anorexic Danish woman at the gym. She was so thin that the gym manager decided to end her membership. Her parents were both dentists. She had been totally neglected by both parents, and the mother had a different boyfriend every six months. She had even witnessed her mother having sex on the couch in the sitting room when she would come home from school! And as she only resembled her mother in features, her father did not like/love her! She would sometimes talk about ending her life!

Thank you for your courage in sharing your story Jennifer, and for sharing the healing modalities that can help others. ❤

Thank you for being open and sharing. 🙏🏻

You are just a lovely person, inside and out. Thank you, for so bravely doing this video to help others.🥰🇨🇦♥️

Sending love and light to you, Jennifer...you've been incredibly vulnerable in this video while being helpful to others.

You are hypnotising, never seen such honest and well spoken person ❤

Have you also looked into OCPD? I was diagnosed anorexic at 13 and took me 25 years to finally get to ASD and OCPD and understand myself! Would have saved me SO much suffering if I had known earlier! ❤️

I was bulimic at one point and even bordering anorexia. I am Polynesian and have always been heavy set not super fat but just thick and in highschool i got teased alot for my butt area and tighs and i ended up dropping out of highschool. And loss alot of weight in a fast time i started at 180 and ended at 90 to 100 lbs. I barley ate like im talking 1 or 2 crackers a day, then i started eating like 1 meal a day and thought it was too much so i would it throw up especially if i ate a little more than a 1 meal a day. Today i can say im thick and healthy and couldnt be happier 😊

Dear Jennifer, as someone who has also suffered anorexia throughout their childhood and life (though I was never that conscious of it and would deny the accusations), as someone who never received any kind of specialized help, as someone who at your age is only just now realizing they also have had ASD/ASC [I like to use both terms as it is a disorder and a condition, a curse and a blessing as you say] their whole lives, and discovering the strong connection between anorexia and autism, this video means a lot to me. ASD/ASC can bring about lack of awareness in the body by exisiting too much in the mind and hence developing a kind of 'immunity' to hunger. Perfectionism goes hand in hand with both, also bringing about a need for peculiar eating habits, i.e. repetitive food choices that often lack nutrients. Part and parcel again with ASD/ASC is also a strong sense of moral justice which led me to becoming vegetarian at age 3 (the only one in my family) and then vegan at 24 and so unfortunately ever lacking more and more nutrients. I know you also went down a similar path, that you were once vegetarian that is. I now realize that the cruelty-free perfectionism aspect is virtually impossible to achieve in this day and age with our modern lifestyles, as noble as the aspiration may be. There are other factors that come into play that vegans simply do not wish to address. I will stop myself before I digress into all that! This video also gives me extra personal satisfaction, because after doing a deep dive on all things ASD/ASC, I now believe I have an eye for spotting it in other people and I certainly heavily suspected you, and so I am happy about having been right. I am also very happy that you were able to obtain a diagnosis quite early on, so you've have ample time to understand yourself and put helpful habits into practice. I will be looking into guided DBT as soon as I have the means. I thank you again for sharing and wish you all the best. :)

Its refreshing to see real emotion 🙏🏻

Thank you for sharing your journey Jennifer. I am on recovery path myself. Thank you for your encouragement in asking for help. I struggle a lot with asking for help, but I am making efforts day by day.

Thank you for sharing. I'm grateful you're here !

You are a beautiful soul and very brave for sharing your story ❤

Your strength and honesty is very admirable Jen. Well done x

Wow I’ve watched a lot of your videos and didn’t know you went through this. Thank you for sharing 💪🏼

I appreciate your openness and capacity for insight. I have been enjoying learning about you and your perspective.

Thanks for being open and vulnerable Jennifer

Thankful for you and this video. You are a blessing to many of us for sharing

Grateful that you're still with us to share your life lessons. Thank you for being a beacon of hope for others

Thank you so much for this video, it really helps to hear about your experience and I would love it if you did make another video to tell the story that at the beginning of the video you said was maybe for a different video. I have physically recovered but still struggle mentally (not as much as before when I was in the depths of it, I found that recovering physically did improve my mental health but definitely not 100%) and I think I’m in that quasi-recovery mode of not being able to fully commit. I think I am starting to get to the point where I am realizing that while my life is not in danger at this current point, this is keeping me stuck in a place I don’t want to be. Seeing you on the other end of it being so healthy and vibrant makes me want to get there too.

Thanks for making this video. It’s extremely helpful and your honesty is beautiful. I wish you a healthy and peaceful life

Thank you, Jennifer, for always speaking with truth and plainness. Many of us struggle to confront or admit to the reality that we lie to ourselves and others constantly in order to maintain the cocoon of stories that we think will protect us. You relinquishing control of your cocoon, and surrendering to the full spectrum of experiences and possibilities of what recovery could look like (including relapse) without judgement or expectation is so, so brave. I understand how you were able to cultivate a strong and rooted sense of self. I also would like to be less in my head and more in the experiential space, welcoming a higher failure rate and the resilience that comes with that. We can do this! I will say I am grateful you had your seasons of being deeply cerebral, as I think that's what led to your ability to articulate difficult experiences with such exactness, and come up with these wonderful, direct cues to help others as we navigate our own healing and recovery journeys, myself included. Thank you ❤

Oh Jennifer, I'm sending so much love and peace your way ❤ I have BD and I still haven't fully recovered...I don't know if I can. Thank you so much for sharing and I'm definitely going to look into this❤

I think you expressed everything that I had been thinking about for years but could not articulate. I will look into DBT. This is extremely helpful - thank you so much!

Thank you for sharing this even though it must have been difficult.. I hope you know that you’re positively impacting so many lives

Thank you, your voulnerability and kindness are a true gift. This video was a great inspiration to me, feels like it's gonna be an afternoon for some self reflection xx

You are amazing! ✨❤ Thank you for sharing your story with us. I’m happy you’re recovered and healthy now! 😊 I too have struggled with an eating disorder since I was 12 up to my twenties. It’s hard to not relapse because food is a social thing and I totally understand you with how it’s about control. We got this! Sending you a big hug. ✨💖 Love you Jen!

Jennifer, this is a fantastic video for so many reasons. There are people out there that this will help for sure !so much honesty because it’s very serious people need to know! I had tears in my eyes with you When you were conveying the low recovery, statistics. And thinking of all those that do not survive it. You really are a fantastic teacher.

Thank you so much Jennifer. I’ve been having a little bit of a rough spot these past weeks with my own anorexia.. I definitely needed to hear this. Thank you Jen. You’re so strong ❤❤❤ Love you 🙆🏼‍♀️

Thank you for sharing your journey to recovery. DBT helped someone in my family with a mental illness. He had a great therapist at the time who provided the DBT course/therapy. Often times people say that if only there was more access to mental health services things would be better. We absolutely need better mental health options, but getting access is only the beginning. It’s just the beginning of a long process for some. It can require multiple changes in therapists over time, and getting the right therapy. Too often “help” is just a monthly med check. But people shouldn’t give up. Advocate for yourself and your loved ones.

What an amazingly brave,strong,beautiful person you are. Thank you, so,so much for sharing - it couldn't have been easy for you.

Thank you for this video, Jennifer. So helpful and encouraging.

I' m 50 yo. My brain has suffered so many years of severe starvation (since I was 14) that it is unable to recover. If you are reading this, please, remember that the damage becomes irreversible at certain point. PLEASE, ASK FOR HELP while you still can be helped. With your permission, I' d like to suggest _The Minnesota Starvation Experiment_ and Tabitha Farrar' s book _RRR_ . Endless gratitude for this video, Jennifer🧛🏻‍♀️🖤.

You are a true Inspiration to many ❤

Jennifer, thank you for sharing all these in such a beautiful and honest way. Your story will surely be helpful for the ones who are facing the dark time.

Thankyou so much for the videos🥺❤️🧿

Props to you for being open about this. We just forget to eat!! For days!! You’re amazing, sister

You are a beautiful soul, and thank you for sharing more about yourself. You're a strong person and are an inspiration ✨️ ❤️

You made me emotional too 😢 Thank you for sharing ❤

U are such a fighter. ❤ thanks for sharing. Keep up the great work 😊

I went through the same, and DBT was 100% the answer. I am in school now so I can help others by becoming a DBT therapist. Though developed with borderline in mind, I think it is really effective for neurodivergent individuals. It felt like finally being handed the "guide book" to life that I always hoped for.

You might like Marion Woodman's book addiction to perfection. She's a Jungian analyst (I saw your comment on the huberman James Hollis video) and she writes about addiction and anorexia in deeply psycho-spiritual ways that I think you might appreciate

Whenever I think of anorexia I think of Karen Carpenter. I'm glad you have worked on overcoming it and have shared your story. I hope it helps many people. I wonder if the perfectionist tendencies come from ASD. I've had issues with that myself. Sincere thanks for sharing all this publicly. I meant to look at DBT a while back when you shared another video about it. I need to do it

wonderful video Jen, I hope it reaches people who need help. I myself never have had a mental illness but still I have body dismorphia and I suspect I have always been ND

Beautiful soul! Thank you for you! Such a hard experience you have😢🤲🏻

Thank you so much for sharing ❤ I appreciate you.

I am extremely introverted and I always think no one will accept me. I have been thinking maybe I should go and talk to a therapist. Thank you for this video I’m sure it will help many.

thank you so much for your vulnerability

Thank you so much for sharing❤🙏

I know I have some form of orthorexia and disordered eating. I know I use it as some form of control on a subconscious level when I feel like I don’t have a handle on my life. This video was helpful to me.

Your sincerity and natural beauty are blessings. Mahalo

❤this video means lot to me ❤ Thank you for sharing

Thanks for this.

May you live long my dear.❤

I love your stories!

thank you this is all very helpful

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I had GI issues, I didn't know what foods triggered it. I know the fear of eating food, carnivore diet fixed my issues 100%. Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for sharing your illness. I pray the Lord continues to heal you.❤

I suffer from Anorexia too. I thought I recovered from it but turns out I still am not😭 I know some people in the world are dying of hunger and I feel guilty of my inability to eat even though I am blessed with food everyday😭😭 I try to be kind and help a hungry stomach everyday 🙏😭

Hey Jennifer plz make a vedio of ur weekly and monthly skincare routine. Ur skin care tips are really worthy for beginners like me.❤

Ty for sharing enjoyed

You are the most geniune and strong person. I adore you a love. Lot's of love to you.