Eating disorders: a mental illness, not a lifestyle choice | Viveca Lee | TEDxMcGill

In her talk, Viveca Lee goes through her battle with anorexia in order to clear the wide misconceptions about eating disorders and help break the stigma around mental illness Viveca is a third-year student at McGill, completing a BSc in Honours Psychology with a minor in Neuroscience. After recovering from Anorexia Nervosa in her early teenage years, she has been aspiring to help improve society’s current lack of understanding of eating disorders. She is a research assistant at the BEEP Lab and is currently working on a thesis project investigating cue-induced psychophysiological responses in eating disorders. Viveca is passionate about creating a positive impact in the community by volunteering at an eating disorder resource and support center, and by giving presentations about mental illness in secondary schools around Montreal. Through her Ted talk, Viveca will be giving listeners an insight into eating disorders from a sufferer’s perspective and clarify some of the wide misconceptions about them. Ultimately, she hopes her talk will contribute to normalizing discussion on mental illness and ending the stigma surrounding it. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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