The hardest part about having an eating disorder as a man is people not believing that it exists, according to a Victoria resident.
Simon, who is not using his last name due to stigma and fear of backlash, is recovering from an eating disorder, but to get the support he needs he says that it took years of trying to convince dietitians that he was struggling.
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