Will it romanticize weight loss and other eating disorder behaviors?.Will there be solid resources exemplified throughout or at least offered at the end of the movie?.Will there be adequate trigger warnings at the beginning of the movie?.Will it provide hope and an example (or examples) that recovery is possible?.How in depth will the movie go with the detailed portrayal of eating disordered behaviors?.Despite my lack of desire to watch the movie, I wanted to give it a chance to see what the other one hour and forty-five minutes the trailer didn’t show, and I also wanted to be prepared to navigate it with the audiences that may see this film.

If I’m being totally honest, after watching the trailer, I was in agreement with many eating disorder specific organizations, experts, and survivors I felt cautionary about this movie’s triggering factors in comparison to its educational potential and wasn’t sure that its educational factors would outweigh the trigger and contagion effect of learning more about specific anorexic behaviors. As a warning, this post is filled with spoilers. So after begrudgingly watching the film, here’s feedback from me as an eating disorder therapist. Many individuals and organizations have criticized the specific eating disorder behaviors the lead actress (Lily Collins) exhibits in the trailer with concern that it will teach others how to engage in anorexia more effectively. There has been some criticism and skepticism following the trailer’s release that To The Bone will be the equivalent for individuals at risk for eating disorder development or triggers as 13 Reasons Why was for people at risk of depression and suicide. To The Bone is a movie about a young woman’s struggle with anorexia through two different treatment attempts. There has been quite the conversation in the eating disorder community about the To The Bone movie release since its trailer came out in June.

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